December 31: ICE agent kills 43-year-old Keith Porter, father of two, in Los Angeles. ICE agent not charged.

January 7: ICE agent kills 37-year-old Renee Good, mother of three, writer and poet, in Minneapolis. ICE agent not charged.

January 24: ICE agent kills 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU Nurse, in Minneapolis. ICE agent not charged.

For a “law and order” party, the Republicans sure accept a lot of unlawful killings.

@randahl

Months ago, as the invasion of US cities started, I said it wouldn't be long before the federal troops were shooting people dead in the streets (ala Kent State).

This is all so very easily foreseeable.

@TCatInReality @randahl I certainly didn't see everyday Americans capitalizing on the carnage by live streaming it to boost their residual incomes that are feeding revenue to the very fascists responsible for perpetuating it.

@cmthiede @randahl

It is a real problem that the worst people own the major social media sites.

But I don't think any if these protestors are making money on posts. And most of the people resisting/monitoring are on Signal.

But yes, there is a massive community of "independent journalists" who love all this dramatic content. A few are serious journalists, but most use the algorithms to push their narrative.

It sucks that that is a thing, but don't confuse w the protestors.

@TCatInReality @randahl

I didn't say anything about protestors, but thank you for discouraging others from making such an inference from my words. Critical thinking is of utmost importance these days.

@cmthiede @randahl

Glad we clarified.

I took your term "everyday Americans" to mean the protestors. Of course, that was my assumption. Sorry about that.