Mississippi City claims that undocumented immigrants have no constitutional rights...WTF?

[alwaysinasnit]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/30/chilling-mississippi-city-claims-undocumented-man-killed-police-had-no

A court filing publicized late last week drew outrage on Monday over the case of Ismael Lopez, a 41-year-old man who was killed by police two years ago in Southaven, Mississippi.

To avoid responsibility for the man's death, attorneys for the city are arguing that Lopez had no constitutional rights due to his status as an undocumented immigrant—blatantly contradicting U.S. law and numerous rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Kristen Clarke, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, was among the immigrant rights defenders who drew attention to the case on social media.

Cops in Southhaven Mississippi knocked on the door of the wrong house and killed an innocent man, Ismael Lopez - shooting him in the head

His family sued the city

The city is now moving to dismiss the case, arguing that undocumented people have no rightshttps://t.co/x1ePIfYJCE

— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) September 29, 2019

Lopez was shot in the back of the head when the police came to his home, where he'd lived for 16 years, in July 2017. His widow, Claudia Linares, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Southaven this past summer, a year after a grand jury declined to indict the two officers involved in his death.

..............

I can't even wrap my head around this type of thinking.

[elleng]

1. Ignorance ABOUNDS,

and some profit from it.


'nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.'

PERSON. 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Got a feeling that this city is going to be paying someone's bills for a long, long time. ...

These people do have rights, not as they claim, zero.

[Doreen]

3. What about human rights you stupid dicks?

This is disgusting.

[keithbvadu2]

4. They actually have lawyers who support this meme?

[alwaysinasnit]

5. I imagine they are either incompetent, or even that this argument might make it to the

Supreme Court who would then overturn all kinds of precedents in order to validate that argument. I think I'll go with incompetence.

[keithbvadu2]

6. With enough of Moscow Mitch's judges in place, it might become a concern.

With enough of Moscow Mitch's judges in place, it might become a concern.

[alwaysinasnit]

7. You have a valid point.