Remember that the violence and brutality of ICE is outrageous, but it's not the only problem with the administration's immigration enforcement surge. It started out being about the "worst of the worst" (violent criminals), then quickly morphed to include anyone found with a status violation. But now they're CREATING status violations by mass revoking visas (especially of asylum seekers).
Many of the people being targeted and detained followed all the rules and committed no crimes or violations.
Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain’s policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely discredited as a policy of weakness. Yet at the time, it was a popular and seemingly pragmatic policy.
A BBC fact check shows, ICE agents fired 10 shots into the back of nurse Alex Pretti while he was disarmed, face down, and pepper sprayed in the eyes.
The naive will now try to convince the Trump regime that surely, this cannot be the new normal.
The realists will figure out how to respond, because this IS the new normal.
There are 281 days to the midterms. Trump knows he will lose, unless he finds a way to suppress the will of the people. For that, he needs his paramilitary force.
Guessing it would be relatively easy to fake a single video with no other angles, but a lot more difficult to fake a video that has to match up 100% with reliable civilian videos from other angles that are already in the public domain.
Publications like @Bellingcat would presumably pick apart any official video to see if it matches up.
So, the more civilian cameras filming officials the better as it makes fakes more difficult.
Also, requiring the bodycam video to be handed over to a neutral party as soon as possible would make fakes more difficult too, esp. if it's before other videos emerge.
RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115958648096811802
“If you believe the killing of Ashli Babbitt in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an abuse of power, you must speak up against the killing of Pretti. If you believe that federal agents’ raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco was unnecessary and disastrous, you must not accept this death, either.” Dallas Morning News editorial. This is powerful stuff for their readers.
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Something has changed in recent weeks. The lies are no longer about shadowy figures wielding great power and influence. They are now targeting everyday citizens — people standing in their own communities, in front of their homes, protecting their…
Something has changed in recent weeks. The lies are no longer about shadowy figures wielding great power and influence. They are now targeting everyday citizens — people standing in their own communities, in front of their homes, protecting their neighbors. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/lies-violence-and-the-american-state/
Every American owes a huge debt of gratitude to the brave people in Minnesota who are risking their lives to video the horrific crimes of masked thugs under Trump's vicious regime.
All of us who are not there should be sharing their recorded truth about these crimes and doing whatever we can to see that this reign of terror ends, and the perpetrators are brought to justice.
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