Comment on Man who crashed car into China embassy shot dead in US

tallwookie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• yetAnotherUser@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No it didn’t.

  Contrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions sometimes do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and are generally not sovereign territory of the represented state. The sending state can give embassies sovereign status but this only happens with a minority of countries.[13] Rather, the premises of an embassy remain under the jurisdiction of the host state while being afforded special privileges (such as immunity from most local laws) by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

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  • tallwookie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “generally not” and “are not” are two completely different things.

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    • yetAnotherUser@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well yes, but I’m not aware of any outliers and I don’t think this is one of them.

      Though my statement stands true still, for the commenter I replied to assumed it was always the case.

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• ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Man drives to China, is still shot by US police

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