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RandySF

(58,511 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:25 AM Jun 2020

Ms. prosecutor: 'We can only hope the deadly coronavirus strain spreads in riots'

Pamela Hancock, the second-term prosecutor of Madison County, defended herself Monday after posting and later deleting a Facebook comment in which she suggested “the deadly strain” of coronavirus should spread among rioters who are protesting inequity in the criminal justice system.

Hancock, who was first elected county prosecutor in 2015 and re-elected in 2019, wrote the post as a comment to another person’s post: “Does Covid spread during massive street riots or just in bars and restaurants? Asking for a friend.”

Hancock, in a since-deleted comment, replied: “We can only hope the deadly (coronavirus) strain spreads in riots!”

In a phone interview with Mississippi Today on Monday, Hancock defended the comment.

“My job is to prosecute all crimes, including civil disobedience,” Hancock said. “I’m against any breach of peace or criminal activity, and I would prosecute it. I have nothing against people peacefully protesting, but breaking into businesses and stealing things is a crime.”

https://mississippitoday.org/2020/06/01/madison-county-prosecutor-we-can-only-hope-the-deadly-coronavirus-strain-spreads-in-riots/

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Ms. prosecutor: 'We can only hope the deadly coronavirus strain spreads in riots' (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2020 OP

Robbery is certainly a crime. Tucker08087 Jun 2020 #1

plus lots of police with no masks in those crowds. she needs to think about that, too mucifer Jun 2020 #2

Some were saying the same when they saw some at the beach, restaurants jimfields33 Jun 2020 #4

What a hateful woman. Sadly, one hateful Dotard has raccoon Jun 2020 #3

Or the Republican Coronavention. gibraltar72 Jun 2020 #5

Tucker08087

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1. Robbery is certainly a crime.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:32 AM

Jun 2020

Its consequence, however, is not the death penalty, which is what she was hoping for. She specifically used the word “deadly.” She can delete it until the cows come home, but the internet is forever, and she is wishing death upon American citizens. She should not be permitted to continue with her high level position in her county’s “justice” system.