A federal jury convicted Deputy United States Marshal Joshua Firmin of subjecting a prisoner to cruel and unusual punishment by severely assaulting the victim without cause. Firmin was also convicted of obstruction of justice for writing a false report in an attempt to cover up his horrendous and unwarranted attack on the defenseless prisoner.
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In Cuba, the CIA-planned 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco is commemorated every year on 19 April
Silas Shelton (49), the former pastor of Blanchester Community Church, pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. As part of the agreement, prosecutors dismissed the remaining charges in the 12-count indictment, which originally included charges of rape, gross sexual imposition, sexual battery, and arson. This MAGA pastor had previously protested LGBTQ+ books: "I tell you, I got sick reading that stuff," Shelton whined. This phony Christian also lamented that parents "aren't allowed to talk about the health risks of kids being gay" and he railed against children seeing Gay Pride flags.
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Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz tried to discredit and smear this academic
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Better heed the words of the man who heads the "factory of the world."
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Source: Peaceloving Hardworking American Taxpayers Lose Again
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Source: This Empty Suit is just a tool of mega-oligarch Larry Ellison and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
This was a chaotic incident for the reacting USSS PSD SAs.
Technically, the USSS should not have let Dummkopf Trumpf expose himself after he ducked behind the podium.
While the PSD finally whisked him away off stage and into his limo, Trumpf is yelling "fight!" and his head is exposed as a target for another sniper had there been accomplices.
The more conspirators involved in a plot, the harder this becomes to keep secret.
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The Israelis have liquidated over 75,000 Palestinians since 7 Oct 2023; 773 Palestinians were killed since the phony Gaza ceasefire came into effect on 10 Oct 2025 which only stopped Palestinians from fighting back against IDF ethnic cleansers who are subsidized by the peace-loving hardworking American taxpayer.
US midterm elections are scheduled for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.
"In Feb 2024, DUSM Joshua Firmin was told that a prisoner being held in a cell in the Lafayette federal courthouse had made some comments about him. Firmin went up to the cell, struck the victim in the face with a ring of cell keys, pulled the prisoner out and threw the inmate-- who was wearing handcuffs, ankle shackles, and a belly chain -- against a wall. The victim hit his head and the wound required several staples to close. DUSM Firmin then lied in his US Marshals Service Operational Report, saying he was trying to stop the prisoner from spitting on him when the incident occurred."
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An AI snapshot suggests the man thrashed about mercilessly by ex-DUSM Joshua Firmin is Seth Dickerson. A sentencing date has not been reported and Seth Dickerson can provide a Victim Impact Statement by letter or in person if the Court makes him available.
On 9 Feb 2024, DUSM Joshua Firmin recklessly threw his career and life away in rapid order and will spend years together with the same prisoners he once cruelly dealt with.
Americans should expect much better from Deputy United States Marshals who represent one of our country's oldest law-enforcement agencies, established by Congress in 1789.