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[misterlemonzlime]

02-15-26 | misterlemonzlime.tumblr.com/archive

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How to be a successful Ace Attorney Prosecutor:

Step 1) Pass the Bar exam. This is presumably very easy, considering how young some of the lawyers and prosecutors are in the series. They hand those badges out like hotcakes. Presumably it's part of Themis Legal Academy's graduation package, so you might not even have to TAKE the bar exam! Step 2) Only take murder cases. This will probably happen to you regardless of whether you want it to or not, so I'm including it in the list so you feel like you have SOME control over your life. Step 3) Be an honest and morally good person who seeks for truth and justice above all else in court. This one isn't TECHNICALLY mandatory, but eventually you'll end up facing off against someone from the Wright Anything Agency and once they're involved you'd better get on the level fast, or you risk either humiliation or being arrested for murder. Better to get this one out of the way sooner rather than later. Step 4) Pay the Detectives. Please. Gumshoe desperately needs a raise. If you aren't going to pay your Detectives, you should at LEAST take a summer sabbatical in Europe. Germany would be best. Step 5) This is very important: Be a sadist. Just a bit. Be a troll. A gremlin. A deranged little maniac. You're going to be watching a lot of people suffer on the witness stand (and behind the Defense's bench), and if you don't enjoy watching that happen then you're in for a very miserable career. Might as well get SOME entertainment out of it. Trust me, if you aren't capable of making Phoenix Wright recoil in fear, you're doing your job wrong.

[iamtheweirdomister]

Call This Number to Have Jonathan Ross Arrested

One County Attorney Has The Power To Change Everything

Christopher Armitage

(https://open.substack.com/pub/cmarmitage/p/a-minneapolis-prosecutor-can-arrest)

Jan 16

The DOJ has written to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty

Most Americans have never heard of Mary Moriarty. She’s the Hennepin County Attorney in Minneapolis. Her job has always been important. Now it’s nationally important. She has the legal authority to issue an arrest warrant for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good. If she does, everything changes. One local prosecutor, one warrant, and suddenly every federal agent in America learns they aren't above the law.

So many of our readers (and me) called Attorney General Keith Ellison's office, telling them to charge Ross, that eventually his staff reportedly started telling people: that's Mary Moriarty's job, call her. So now we call her.

Call the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office: 612-348-5550.

You have seen most of the details of this case in ten different places by now. Let's get them in order before moving forward.

Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good three times as she drove away from him on a Minneapolis street. He was filming her with his phone in one hand when he drew his weapon with the other.¹ Her last words, captured on his own recording: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” A male voice on that same recording, seconds after she crashed: “fucking bitch.”¹

Five separate video angles exist. Bellingcat synchronized them.² The New York Times concluded Ross was not being run over.³ CNN’s 3D reconstruction shows Good turning her steering wheel away from Ross as she accelerated.⁴ Thomas Warrick, former deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism policy at DHS, told CBC News that deadly force was not required: “it doesn’t look like anybody has hostile intent.”⁵ Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara called the shooting “predictable and entirely preventable” and said Ross’s actions were “at best, very, very questionable tactics.”⁶ A former senior DHS official told CNN he would have been “livid” if one of his officers behaved the way Ross did.⁴ Three former prosecutors from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division published an opinion piece this week calling the shooting “inexcusable,” writing that Good “posed no danger, had not threatened officers and was already retreating.”⁷

The legal authority to prosecute exists. Vice President Vance claimed Ross has “absolute immunity.” That is false. Lawfare published an analysis this week by Carolyn Shapiro, former Illinois solicitor general, confirming he has no such protection.⁸ Under Supremacy Clause immunity, established in In re Neagle in 1890, federal officers are protected only when they act in a “necessary and proper” fashion.⁹ When they act unreasonably or unlawfully, states can prosecute.

Mary Moriarty has video from five angles, expert testimony from former federal officials saying the use of force was unjustified, and the precedent of a law enforcement officer prosecuted for murder in this exact jurisdiction. She has opened a portal for citizens to submit evidence.¹¹ As if we need more. She and Ellison are conducting an independent investigation because the Trump administration kicked state investigators off the case within hours of the shooting.¹²

We have been talking about this for years. We saw federal overreach coming. We discussed what happens when agents beat and kidnap people in our streets. Trump called it the revenge tour himself. The escalation was predictable, and we aren’t at the apex yet. He prefers ICE to the National Guard for a reason: they answer to him, not governors, and the Guard has higher standards. A lack of accountability invites more violence, it confirms that their tactics are working. That is why this moment matters.

Some will say charging Ross risks escalation. That’s backwards. Holding him accountable shows the public that prosecutors are here for them, not to protect the people terrorizing their streets.

This isn’t only about justice for Renee Good, though it is certainly that. This is about whether local prosecutors will use the authority they have to hold federal agents accountable when the federal government is fully corrupted. This is the test case for whether states will cede their power to Trump, just like Congress and the Judicial Branch have.

If a federal agent can kill someone on video, while filming her himself, while five other cameras roll, while experts line up to say it was unjustified, and face no charges because the federal government controls the investigation and refuses to share evidence, then there is no rule of law. There is only rule.

Mary Moriarty can change that. We need her to do her job and put out an arrest warrant. There's enough evidence for a trial, let a jury sort this out like they would for anyone else. Want to calm the situation? Show the public that you won't allow murderers to walk free just because Trump sent them.

Call the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office at 612-348-5550. Tell them you want Mary Moriarty to issue an arrest warrant for Jonathan Ross. Tell them that if she won’t use the authority she has, she should resign and let someone else do the job. If you get voicemail, leave a message. If the line is busy, call back. If you can’t get through by phone, email [email protected] or write to 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487. Find Moriarty on social media at @MaryMoriarty or the official office account @HennepinAtty. The office is also on Facebook at facebook.com/HennepinAttorney and Instagram at @HennepinAttorney.

One prosecution won’t fix everything. But it plants a flag. It proves there’s still a rule of law. Not just a ruler.

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References

1. NBC News. (2026, January 9). New cellphone video shows victim interacting with ICE officer moments before fatal shooting in Minneapolis. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cell-phone-video-deadly-minneapolis-shooting-rcna253207

2. Godin, J. (2026, January 13). Analysing footage of Minneapolis ICE shooting. Bellingcat. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/13/analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-ice-shooting/

3. The New York Times. (2026, January 9). Video analysis: What footage shows about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/ice-shooting-video-analysis.html

4. Mackey, R., & Browne, M. (2026, January 9). Cell phone footage raises new questions about ICE agent’s tactics before fatal shooting. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-good-cell-phone-invs

5. Crawley, M. (2026, January 9). What ICE agent’s phone video reveals about Renee Good’s shooting death in Minneapolis. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ice-agent-shooting-video-minnesota-renee-good-9.7040480

6. Montemayor, S. (2026, January 13). In NY Times interview, Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara rails against ICE tactics. Star Tribune. https://www.startribune.com/in-new-york-times-interview-minneapolis-police-chief-brian-ohara-rails-against-ice-tactics/601562616

7. Coe, C., Chamblee-Ryan, K., & Kent, P. (2026, January 15). Opinion: We are ex-DOJ officials. Here’s why Renee Good’s shooting was inexcusable. MS NOW. https://www.ms.now/opinion/renee-good-shooting-ice-doj-civil-rights-division

8. Shapiro, C. (2026, January 15). Minnesota can prosecute Jonathan Ross—but it may not be easy. Lawfare. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minnesota-can-prosecute-jonathan-ross-but-it-may-not-be-easy

9. In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890).

10. Minnesota Office of the Attorney General. (2023, April 17). Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal prison. https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2023/04/17_Chauvin.asp

11. PBS News. (2026, January 10). Hennepin County prosecutor asks the public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/hennepin-county-prosecutor-asks-the-public-to-share-renee-good-shooting-evidence-with-her-office

12. Star Tribune. (2026, January 13). How Mary Moriarty could approach prosecuting ICE agent Jonathan Ross for killing Renee Good. https://www.startribune.com/how-mary-moriarty-could-approach-prosecuting-ice-agent-jonathan-ross-for-killing-renee-good/601562618

[dinosaurwithablog]

Perry's opposition... I admire these two for always believing that their going to win even though they never do 😁🤣 They are very dedicated professionals!! ❤️

[they-are-a-prolife-autist]

In light of the ongoing human rights crisis in my country, I will not be engaging in the abortion debate on this blog for the foreseeable future.

Right now, men and women—cis, trans, nonbinary—immigrants, natives, and people of color, including many I love and care about, are facing real and urgent persecution. Rather than standing in opposition to those working to free our country from injustice, I am choosing to step back and stand with them.

My beliefs on this issue have not changed, but every battle has its time and place, and I refuse to contribute to an atmosphere of fear. My advocacy will resume when my brothers and sisters have the right to live in safety and in peace.

To anyone I have been insensitive toward or seemed cold/uncaring in the past—I am truly sorry. We all deserve safety.

[ricisidro]

Crime and Punishment and Corruption in the Philippines

Crime And Punishment (1866) by Fyodor Dostoevsky explores morality, guilt, and the consequences of human actions—ideas that can be applied to the corruption in the Philippines’ flood control projects. In the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his crime by believing he is above ordinary morality, but he soon realizes that wrongdoing brings suffering not only to the victim but to himself and society.

In the same way, officials who engage in corruption may rationalize their actions, but the effects are severe: poorly built or delayed flood projects, wasted funds, and vulnerable communities left unprotected. The real victims are citizens who face property loss, displacement, or even death during disasters.

Dostoevsky also shows that punishment is not just legal but also psychological and moral. Like Raskolnikov, corrupt officials may eventually face guilt, public condemnation, and the law. Justice through prosecution and restitution is necessary to restore trust and ensure that public service truly serves the people.

Ultimately, Dostoevsky’s novel reminds us that no crime can be justified. Corruption in flood control projects, like Raskolnikov’s crime, harms the common good, and only accountability and punishment can pave the way for renewal.

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