Lawrence O'Donnell Shows That Kristi Noem And Her Security Committed A Crime Against Sen. Alex Padilla

Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out that what happened to Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was more than horrifically undemocratic. It was also a crime.

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The handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla is a moment that still shocks and appalls the nation. Even with all of the other news that has happened in the days since, the way that Sen. Padilla was treated by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her security continues to generate headlines.

On his MSNBC program, The Last Word, Lawrence O’Donnell raised a different angle. What happened to Padilla was criminal.

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Lawrence O’Donnell said:

 What you see on that video of what they did is a crime. It is a crime against democracy, and it fits the elements of federal and state crime on false arrest. Just because the officers involved gave up trying to execute and complete that arrest does not mean that they did not violate the law. The federal code on unlawful detention says it is a violation of law if an officer apprehends arrests or confines any person without legal justification.

And the wa…