Minnesoto DA in trouble with DOJ

 Rick Moran:

A Minnesota prosecutor who refused to charge a vandal who keyed several Tesla vehicles with a felony is under investigation by the Department of Justice for taking a defendant's race into consideration in plea negotiations.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the DoJ’s Civil Rights Division will review whether policies in the Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty's office constituted “a pattern or practice of depriving persons of rights, privileges or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”

Moriarty's office issued a memo last month directing prosecutors to consider a defendant’s racial identity among other factors in evaluating whether a defendant should be offered a plea deal.

“While racial identity and age are not appropriate grounds for departures [from the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines], proposed resolutions should consider the person charged as a whole person, including their racial identity and age,” a memo from Moriarty’s office reportedly reads, KARE-11 reported. “While these factors should not be controlling, they should be part of the overall analysis.”

Amazing. While "racial identity and age are not appropriate grounds for departures" from guidelines, go ahead and do it anyway. Moriarty is saying to follow the sentencing guidelines until it comes to the "whole person" (the race) of the individual, then do what you want.
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Moriarity's statement loks like gobllity gook.  It makes no sense.  I suspect the perp did what he did because Musk had announced his support for Trump.  That suggests the attacks on the Tesla vehicles were related to that.  Race should have never been a factor in the decision to prosecute or not prosecute.

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