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de facto and  de jure agents of the Federal Government. Since their actions in self-defense were objectively reasonable pursuant to myriad cases applying the  Graham v. Connor 2 standard of reasonableness, the Defendants should have been afforded Qualified Immunity from pecuniary liability and, axiomatically, criminal prosecution. The Blackwater PSD team members reasonably acted in self-defense and defense of others under situations that were “tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving.” Based on the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the insurgent threats at the time – using...

(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) Four of the pardons extended by President Trump a couple of days ago were more important than the others. The headlines went to George Papadopoulos and one other man who had been caught up in the quasi-legal coup attempt perpetrated on the nation using the pliable and not terribly cognizant Robert Mueller (read In Surprise Move, President Trump Pardons George Papadopoulos, Among Others). However, the real injustice involved four young veterans who had hired on with the private military contractor (PMC) Blackwater USA. On September 16, 2007, Blackwater dispatched an...

Richard Ojeda (D) blasted President Donald Trump for his pardon of four contractors with the private military firm, Blackwater. Ojeda voted for Trump in 2016 and has later publicly acknowledged that was a mistake. Trump released a flurry of pardons on Tuesday night, granting clemency to public figures connected to the Russia investigation, multiple former Republican congressmen convicted for corruption, and the four Blackwater contractors, who were convicted for killing Iraqi civilians in 2007. This comes shortly after Trump pardoned his former White House national security adviser, Michael...