• whiwake@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Before anyone says that the truck should not have been doing that, ask yourself… Could ICE have just backed up and waited for something to happen that could justify opening fire?

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      October 23, 1983, two truck bombs killed 307, US/French servicemembers and civilians in Beirut.

      Also was Coast Guard who opened fire, not ICE.

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        You could say that about anything.

        “we had to shoot the minivan because in Iraq these have had bombs in them.”

        “we had to shoot that kid, because he may have had a bomb in his backpack.”

        “sure, that lady just had to die. She may have had a gun. Who could have known it was just a remote control?”

        The reality is that the people shooting are helping kidnappers, Nazi’s, and generally evil people. Of course they aren’t going to show patience or civility towards civilians. That’s not why the president has injected them into that situation.

        They are military, and they are there to wage war on Americans.

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          It happened to a US military base in a foreign nation, which, for all intents and purposes, is US soil. This truck was backing it’s way onto a US base, refused to comply with orders. It got EOF’d. I appreciate everyone wanting to hate ICE, I think they’re a bunch of bitches, but unless someone’s has some legit proof this is some sort of false flag or anything, this is pretty SOP.

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            19 hours ago

            If bitches is the most extreme you think they are, it doesn’t surprise me you’re simping for them

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      It’s possible they thought the truck was full of explosives, and was trying to blow up the bridge to the Coast Guard island.

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        Sure, still not an excuse.

        “It’s possible that black man had a gun in his pocket so I just decided to shoot him”

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          17 hours ago

          The driver was approaching them kinda aggressively and weirdly in a place where no cars should be at that time.

          If you want to make an analogy it’s like a guy approaching the cops while threateningly waving a weapon.