Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
Defamatory matter is anything which exposes a person or a group, class or association to hatred, contempt, ridicule, degradation or disgrace in society, or injury to business or occupation.
Whoever with knowledge of its false and defamatory character orally, in writing or by any other means, communicates any false and defamatory matter to a third person without the consent of the person defamed is guilty of criminal defamation and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
Exceptions are listed below that, but we know the statements are not true, clearly are not made in good faith, the communications are public, and they were not made with the intent to further any interest or duty shared between the parties who are communicating (I share no interests with these so-called “reporters” for example).
MN Statutes §609.765:
Exceptions are listed below that, but we know the statements are not true, clearly are not made in good faith, the communications are public, and they were not made with the intent to further any interest or duty shared between the parties who are communicating (I share no interests with these so-called “reporters” for example).
So, uh, why do these cases never get taken?