Comment on ICE Shot a Man While Trying to Detain Him. He Had No Criminal Record.

LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It does in that it erases the “They’re only going after criminals” angle. It’s not that it’s an acceptable metric to excuse their actions, it’s that they’re failing to meet their own metrics.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah. Reasonable then. Still doesn’t make a difference.

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Materially, you’re right. Having a criminal record doesn’t matter. Rhetorically, however

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