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Forgot to mention tourists (discuss.online)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Lmao, imagine ICE in a gang shootout.

They are prob banned from doing so as they would risk exposing their weakness.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    There's some interesting implications here. ICE is well documented as wearing body armor and carrying heavy weaponry. In a planned ambush or head-on attack, an opposing force might be inclined to show up with overwhelming odds and a lot more firepower. It's classic escalation. It would almost certainly be a lethal firefight.

    Now that I think about it, regular folks might be inclined to gang-up if they consider themselves under threat. If they're not already.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    This so much. Imagine growing up around gun violence and poverty. You could easily end up in a gang where you commit a couple of armed robberies and are involved in a couple of murders. The question is, what will this person do when a some wannabe gestapo show up trying to arrest them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    You could easily end up in a gang where you commit a couple of armed robberies and are involved in a couple of murders.

    lmao. ok.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I don't think they were implying that it's easy for a normal person to become a criminal, but rather that the people who get into gang life are, in a way, toughened by the fact that they grew up around gang violence. They're beyond fucked mentally by the time they join the gang. These are people who aren't scared to kill. They may regret their lifestyles, but find it too hard to get out. It's easier to just keep on doing armed robberies and murders.

    Whereas ICE may be fascists, but how many of them have been in deadly firefights before? How many of them heard bullets whizzing by at the age of 3?

    I, too, think ICE would pussy out of a fight against actual gangbangers.

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