Raids of Latino political, civil rights leaders' homes set up voting rights battle in TX - eviltoast
The raids have triggered outrage and cries of voter suppression in a state with a long history of discrimination against citizens of Mexican descent, which helped give rise to LULAC.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26683069

Ken Paxton is a textbook definition bonafide out-and-out Nazi. Straight up sending the Gestapo to eliminate enemies of the state. He should be removed and jailed for treason, this slimy fucking sack of rotting corpses.

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    The warrant ordered the seizure of all electronic devices at her home, allowed for the opening of documents that were business-, organization- or election-related, and authorized swabbing for DNA.

    I’m trying to comprehend how they could possibly justify DNA swabbing someone’s house as part of a witch hunt for election fraud. Are they going to try to establish that illegal immigrants were in the home and possibly voted?

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      Fear. The point is to establish fear. And also a nice government Registry of some “inconvenient” liberals to be dealt with later.

      • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Oh, I understand their objective. But they had to ask a judge to okay the search warrant, and I’m mystified how a request for DNA evidence didn’t raise any eyebrows. They run the risk of having the entire warrant invalidated if another judge decides that this one was too broad.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          Judges in Texas are elected. They can just be random political stooges with no particular concern for the law.