[DiogenesLamp]

I am not a lawyer, but would that not constitute “double jeopardy”? (The Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime.) Can a Freeper more knowledgeable than I on these matters weigh in?

This never stops the feds when they want to assuage the screaming crowd. The Semi Valley police officers who allegedly "beat" Rodney King were acquitted by a Jury all to be brought up on phony baloney Federal "civil rights" charges because the Feds didn't like the verdict.

They claim that being tried in a Federal Jurisdiction is not "double jeopardy because the original trial was in State jurisdiction and the charges are different.

"Civil Rights" violation is a catchall that means any d@mn thing the Feds want it to mean.

They claim it is a different charge in a different jurisdiction, and therefore "double jeopardy" doesn't apply.

It's bullsh*t, but they get away with it every time they do it.

[MinorityRepublican]

I was a kid in the early ‘90s. But looking back with what we know about BLM movement and everything that had happened during the George Floyd riots, the cops in Rodney King beatings were railroaded by the Feds. We had no Free Republic or Breitbart back then. Too bad.

[rxsid]

""Civil Rights" violation is a catchall that means any d@mn thing the Feds want it to mean."

Indeed!