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(36 posts) Thu May 18, 2017, 07:02 AM May 2017

Erdogan Guards Might Not Have Immunity to Beat Protesters

Police in the nation’s capital say diplomatic immunity won’t keep them from investigating a “brutal attack” on “peaceful protesters” Tuesday by men believed to be bodyguards for visiting Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

Four international law experts, three of them former legal advisers at the State Department, tell U.S. News that if police identify the assailants, they may be able to make criminal charges stick, even if the men are on the Turkish government payroll.

Footage from the melee shows men mostly in suits, some reportedly armed, bypassing police officers separating pro- and anti-Erdogan activists. The men physically attack a group of protesters in Sheridan Circle near the Turkish Embassy, repeatedly kicking some.

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-05-17/erdogan-guards-might-not-have-immunity-to-beat-protesters-in-us

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Erdogan Guards Might Not Have Immunity to Beat Protesters (Original Post) notdeplorable May 2017 OP

I hope face criminal charges -- those attacks were brutual and ATL Ebony May 2017 #1

Good! True Dough May 2017 #2

ATL Ebony

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1. I hope face criminal charges -- those attacks were brutual and

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Thu May 18, 2017, 07:23 AM

May 2017

severe consequence may prevent future attacks.

True Dough

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2. Good!

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Thu May 18, 2017, 07:25 AM

May 2017

We really need to see some justice from that outrageous incident. They can't be granted the ability to act like thugs on American soil without consequences.

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