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Snopes fact-checks claims about Renee Good shooting

newsApr 28, 202681,147

Snopes corrected claims that the ICE agent who shot Renee Good had been "cleared of all charges," stating those assertions are false and the agent has not been cleared. State and local officials have sued federal agencies for access to evidence in three shootings by federal officers, including the Renee Good case. This matters because the correction undercuts narratives of total exoneration and points to ongoing legal fights over body-camera footage and investigative records in federal use-of-force cases.

Josh Chafetz
@joshchafetz.bsky.social

1/ As far as I can tell, the only thing Randy has posted about Renee Good or Alex Pretti is to complain that Jonathan Last referred to their murders as state terrorism. He openly mocks Obama's reaction to the murder of Trayvon Martin, in the process accusing Obama himself of violent leanings.

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Josh Chafetz267

2/ It's awfully, awfully, awfully hard to find anything that anyone might plausibly label "libertarianism" in there, as opposed to simply being a cheerleader of the racist authoritarianism of the Trump Administration.

Mary Joy18

He started sharing fake "Black crime" videos on X like 2 years ago. That's never a good sign.

kenner3616.bsky.social12

Barnett’s post is racist. The racism should be called out.

Kim7

Randy sure sounds like a white supremesist to me.

Jordan Scott6

What about removing him because he's a shitty thinker, writer, and professor. I write this as a practicing lawyer who was at BU when he "taught" there. Dude has sucked for at least 23 years.

Joe Paulson5

so surprising this is the guy who recently wanted to water down birthright citizenship & the co-author of his book on the original meaning of the 14th Amendment called him out.

Mr Angry of Mayfair4

As someone in an influential position in academia, Barnett should be ashamed of himself. Such outrageous and inflammatory remarks are unbecoming of a scholar of constitutional law. Hopefully Georgetown's board is reviewing Barnett's conduct with a view to possible censure.

Riverdaleboy3

This guy is a "scholar."

JP Antifa3

I don't even understand what he's trying to say.

Cory J Godwin2

That comment (by the law prof) shows a man holding onto some real hate for a long time. The comment by Pres. Obama referenced here, which was made out of sincere sadness, seems like a lifetime ago, but this fucker needed to turn into this shitty take.

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