US EditionPhilly DA joins nationwide coalition to prosecute ICE agents who break laws
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner leads a coalition of progressive prosecutors to hold federal agents accountable for state crimes, citing recent shootings and constitutional rights violations.
- Larry Krasner, Philadelphia District Attorney, announced a coalition with eight prosecutors including Mary Moriarty and Jose Garza, launching the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach legal fund on Wednesday.
- Earlier this month, Krasner linked the coalition to the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good and Saturday's death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, citing recent shootings.
- Donations will fund a legal fund to hire outside litigators, experts and forensic investigators, and the coalition launched federaloverreach.org to solicit support for prosecutions under state criminal statutes.
- Krasner vowed to hold agents accountable, calling ICE agents "wannabe Nazis" and promising, `If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will achieve justice`.
- The announcement positions Krasner in a national clash with the Trump administration, framing the effort as resisting federal overreach, as Krasner said, 'It is a gathering of people who take democracy seriously and are willing to do what their oath requires, to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
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Philadelphia DA Krasner’s Wreckless ‘Nazi’ Rhetoric – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Pennsylvania’s Democrat U.S. Senator John Fetterman has got it exactly right. Recently, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, also a Democrat, decided it was a good idea to call ICE agents “wannabe Nazis.” Which prompted Senator Fetterman to condemn Krasner, correctly saying, “members of ICE are not Nazis” and that in calling them Nazis, Krasner could easily incite violence. Well exactly. Good for Senator Fetterman. While it shouldn’t ha…
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Far-Left DA Vows To ‘Hunt’ ICE Agents If Democrats Retake White House
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vowed to “hunt” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on state charges for alleged crimes he did not specify. Krasner made the remarks while speaking outside City Hall on Tuesday, where he and a handful of local officials unveiled proposed legislation described as an “ICE Out” package, which seeks […] The post Far-Left DA Vows To ‘Hunt’ ICE Agents If Democrats Retake White House appear…
Far-Left DA Vows To 'Hunt' ICE Agents If Democrats Retake White House
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vowed to “hunt” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on state charges for alleged crimes he did not specify. Krasner made the remarks while speaking outside City Hall on Tuesday, where he and a handful of local officials unveiled proposed legislation described as an “ICE Out” package, which seeks to place additional barriers against federal immigration operations in the city. “This is…
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