The officer apparently tried to tuck a gun into his pants instead of using a holster, failed, dropped the gun, and menaced bystanders in response to his own failure

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[+] 110 points 1 year ago* (11 children)
  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Problem is, who is the officer? No name, no badge number, unmarked car....

    This is how the riots start. Sooner or later one of these untrained ice agents will shoot a civilian because he is scared. Somebody in that crowd will shoot back....and then it begins.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "The shot heard 'round the world", or something...

    grabs popcorn

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    As an American, i just wanted to say fuck you.

    A lot of good people are going to die. Your supposed entertainment here will be mostly poor people, and those who feel they can't stand by while evil people oppress them.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago
    1. To clarify, I do not enjoy this either, but its more of a comment about the state of affairs. The fact that we've become so desensitized that everything feels unreal/surreal, the events feel almost as if it were a movie. Hence "popcorn". Its a sarcastic comment, not to be taken seriously. Its like how people laughs when something bad is about to happen, its nervous-laughter, a response to trauma. Sorry if you interpreted this comment this wrong way.

    2. I'm also American, but I'm not white and I wasn't born here in the US, I cannot afford to intervene. I'm also being persecuted by my previous country, and I can't really put myself on the radar for two governments to come after me and my family/relatives, some of which aren't citizens yet, so I'm bit of in a "Snowden" type situation, sorry, but I can't do much. I'm afraid to go outside because xenophobes would tell me to "go home".

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    That would get him shot in my state. This guy wasn't masked, but if they are masked they can be considered criminals, a criminal pointing a gun at you is 100% self defense if you shoot him. It would never go to court.

    No badge is about the same, but not as blatant/clear cut. You can say you thought he was a criminal, but the issue would need to go to court. In the end he pointed his gun at bystanders so shooting at him would likely be self defense ... but how fair would the system be?

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