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Demetric Scott admitted he wrote letters in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, who he was charged with assaulting

Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged a man with four felonies for attempting to frame an undocumented immigrant he is accused of assaulting, by sending forged letters in the immigrant’s name with a threat to kill Donald Trump.

The handwritten, forged letters were mailed to Wisconsin’s attorney general, Milwaukee police and US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (Ice). The story received a flood of media attention and was highlighted by the White House and Trump’s allies, but appears to have been a hoax.

WISN-TV, an ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, reported on Monday that a criminal complaint alleges Demetric Scott admitted to investigators he wrote the letters threatening to kill the president in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, whom he was previously charged with assaulting.

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[–] ski11erboi@lemm.ee 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I love that the immigrant can now be granted legal status because he was the victim of a crime. It's a decent silver lining.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except he'd still be in america.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Even the current US lunacy is preferable to the hell the west has brought to huge portions of central america.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Didn’t see that in the article; can you source it?

But even giving you the benefit of the doubt, can is FAR different from shall. I doubt TACO would allow it to happen.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago

Wouldn't it be lovely if Morales-Reyes sued Ice Barbie for defamation? I think about 10 million should wipe her out.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Morales-Reyes remains in Ice detention at a facility in Juneau, Wisconsin.

Well that's certainly not the silver lining I was hoping for in this terrible story.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

"30 yard 6"

Fry that redneck for being too gun-illiterate, and then because he's a racist piece of shit on top of that.