Judge order bars feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting (mprnews.org)

The original title is:

> Judge grants order barring feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting

Well that is reassuring. This administration has demonstrated an excellent track record of respecting and following judicial orders.

Why is that even needed, honestly? Like is "destroying or altering evidence" usually legitimate or what?

Not sure why anyone thinks a judges order is worth anything in the USA anymore. I am not reassured at all.

Why was such an order needed? Seems like this should be the default and if you are caught tampering, straight to jail.

I don’t think this belongs on HN. There isn’t a compelling technical angle and there are plenty of other venues to discuss politics.

These judges can spend the rest of eternity issuing these orders but there is no mechanism to enforce it since the current administration has shown a complete disregard for precedence and mores.

Currently doing the rounds of non US but allied special forces and commando chat groups is the blunt response of US General Tony Thomas, former head of the Special Operations Command (2016 to 2019) to each and every one of the senior Trump administration pushing the domestic terrorist line.

Stephen Miller (for one of many) tweeted:

  A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists.

General Tony Thomas responded with a high resolution image of the first shot taken, from the rear, execution style:

https://x.com/TonyT2Thomas/status/2015629593265250810

I hope the US population can reign in Hegseth, Miller, Bondi, et al clown car.

It's obvious to all across the globe what's going here.

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Thomas can be compared to the bio of the day drinking weekend warrior currently heading the US DoD.

Given Trump folks' previous behavior surrounding court orders of documents, I'm sure this will be respected