Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : "So, really, the only question is whether the court and then the prosecutors would treat Trump and Vance the way anyone else would be treated.
29% : The filing asks the Clark County Municipal Court to affirm that there is probable cause and to either refer the case for further investigation or to issue arrest warrants against Trump and Vance.
28% : "Chandra said the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling granting ex-presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution doesn't apply in this case because Trump is currently a private citizen and Vance did not amplify the rumors that members of Springfield's 15,000-member Haitian community were eating people's pets in his capacity as a senator.
25% : "If it were anyone else other than Trump and Vance who had done what they've done -- wreak havoc on Springfield, resulting in bomb threats, evacuated and closed government buildings and schools, threats to the mayor and his family -- they would have been arrested by now," Chandra said.
21% : Trump and Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, are charged with disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing and complicity.
18% : Specifically, the affidavit alleges Trump and Vance: -- Disrupted public service "by causing widespread bomb and other threats that resulted in massive disruptions" to Springfield's public services;-- Made false alarms "by knowingly causing alarm in the Springfield community by continuing to repeat lies that state and local officials have said were false";-- Committed telecommunications harassment "by spreading claims they know to be false during the presidential debate, campaign rallies, nationally televised interviews, and social media";-- Committed aggravated menacing "by knowingly making intimidating statements with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass the recipients, including Trump's threat to deport immigrants who are here legally to Venezuela, a land they have never known";-- Committed aggravated menacing "by knowingly causing others to falsely believe that members of Springfield's Haitian community would cause serious physical harm to the person or property of others in Springfield;" and

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