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The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

American Exceptionalism means always insisting this bad policy is an aberration from the virtuous norm.

What ICE is doing is exactly what the US did abroad in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Grenada, Latin America, Vietnam, and Korea. It is how we fought the War on Crime and the War on Drugs and the War on Immigration. It is why black men are terrified of police interactions of any sort and why homeless people so often go missing.

Jonathan Ross spent two years in Iraq as a machine gunner, before returning home to join the border patrol, SWAT, and to operate in a joint FBI anti-terrorism task force.

This is absolutely the kind of guy who has been trained from day one to shout conflicting orders at you before shooting you in the face. He's been doing this his entire career.

[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I agree with everything you wrote, but there is a key difference to what happened before, and as shitty as it is to point out, the difference is that now white people and even state/local police are being targeted. That's why suddenly people care who didn't give a shit about all of your examples from the past.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's also reflected on the geopolitical scale. It took years of genocide for the governments of Europe to somewhat make some empty hearted protest over Palestine. Hardly anyone has made a protest about Venezuela. But the moment the imperial eye turns inwards towards Greenland, Europe starts to act appalled.

I don't want the BRIC countries anywhere near the USA, but a lot of countries need to realize this is going to continue until the Republicans are out of power. Not just Trump, the entire party.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

George Floyd wasn’t exactly pale.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good thing we’ve got freedom of the press, right Washington Post?

Pfft.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a shame that "Temu Washington Post" is pretty much just "Washington Post"

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Democracy dies in darkness... Night night!"

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Should have just changed it to "democracy dies" after bezos bought them out

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Well yeah, they plan to shoot more innocent people and if they treat this one like it was a crime then it makes the next one harder too. This is an investment in totalitarianism.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Jonathan Ross deserves the same treatment he gave Rebecca Good.