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Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Post by ghthor »

dragontamer wrote: post #284
foogazi wrote: post #263

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> What I'm most worried about is that Pam Bondi / Department of Justice refuses to investigate these or properly prosecute these cases. There’s a lot to be worried here, but I’m surprised that’s what you are more worried about There is no doubt in my mind that the the current DOJ won’t lift a finger against any of the agents involved

Hmm... well maybe I need to explain my fear better. Because Pam Bondi/DoJ refuses to prosecute these cases, this will _keep happening_ for the foreseeable future. There's no reason for ICE to stop this behavior. Its not today's crime that scares me most. Its the easily predicted future where this gets worse by next month. The converse is the rise of the far-left. We're already seeing Black Panther patrol with long-gu…

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Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Post by malfist »

eudamoniac wrote: post #279
malfist wrote: post #224

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How does the victim you supposedly saw pull out a gun, do that when he's pinned to the ground with a agent bashing his head repeatedly with an implement?

When you're in a high stress physical altercation with obscured vision, and you see a gun in your opponent's pants, and then a hand on that gun, and then the gun being pulled out of the pants by that hand, all happening quickly in succession, you may believe in that split second that you are in a mortal situation. These are not well trained soldiers here. I'm not defending them, just guessing at the explanation. I'm…

I've yet to hear how someone with their hands restrained and forced on the ground managed to get their hands on their gun. Can you please educate me?

Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Post by krapp »

ninkendo wrote: post #277
krapp wrote: post #256

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But people on HN are angry in non-political threads all the time, to the point that there are several items in the guidelines about it (the latest being "don't be curmudgeonly".) And not everyone in every political thread is simply expressing anger. The majority of comments in this very thread are reasonable. The ones that aren't have been flagged, which is proper. But flagging all political threads for "anger," rega…

If HN were only anger, then HN would suck in general, yes. The quality of discussion on this site generally coincides with how much people are able to separate their emotion from the facts at hand. For threads like these that basically drops to zero. I haven’t really been able to find any comments here that are all that reasonable, other than the meta-discussion we’re having now (and trust me, I hate meta-discussion…

It seems to me like you're the one with a strong negative emotional investment in this thread. I don't know what your bar for "reasonable" is but the entire top thread seems fine to me. It's certainly better than many discussions I've seen of LLMs or other controversial but technical subjects.

In any case, I disagree that this thread, much less all "political" threads, deserve to be flagged by default. This community's specific grudge against politics is weird given how much politics gets excused in "technical" contexts.

Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Post by Capricorn2481 »

silexia wrote: post #285
davidguetta wrote: post #196

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Who shoot exactly ? i don't understand anything (not sarcasm, i'm in the airport and can't make sense of the vid)

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You described a process that did not happen in this video.

Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Post by Hikikomori »

ghthor wrote: post #301
dragontamer wrote: post #284

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Hmm... well maybe I need to explain my fear better. Because Pam Bondi/DoJ refuses to prosecute these cases, this will _keep happening_ for the foreseeable future. There's no reason for ICE to stop this behavior. Its not today's crime that scares me most. Its the easily predicted future where this gets worse by next month. The converse is the rise of the far-left. We're already seeing Black Panther patrol with long-gu…

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Nice 2nd amendment when cops are allowed to execute anyone with a gun.

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Post by Capricorn2481 »

ninkendo wrote: post #283
throwworhtthrow wrote: post #232

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> Nuance is completely thrown away. People immediately dial up the rhetoric to infinity. The lack of self-reflection in your post might be the most disturbing thing I've read in this thread.

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Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Post by dragontamer »

ghthor wrote: post #301
dragontamer wrote: post #284

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Hmm... well maybe I need to explain my fear better. Because Pam Bondi/DoJ refuses to prosecute these cases, this will _keep happening_ for the foreseeable future. There's no reason for ICE to stop this behavior. Its not today's crime that scares me most. Its the easily predicted future where this gets worse by next month. The converse is the rise of the far-left. We're already seeing Black Panther patrol with long-gu…

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Heh. Okay, you go up to the next Black Panther member you see and tell him that to his face.

And the worst part is, I don't even know what I'm supposed to say to them anymore. The shooting today 100% proves the Black Panthers correct.

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