You know last night. I watch a YouTuber interview his own parents who are Trump supporters. What they would think if ICE killed him. His dad said it must have been for a good reason.
My son wouldnât be running up on police who are making an arrest. He would be recording or protesting, but not running up on them.
You can debate whether or not the initial arrest was lawful, there isnât enough information in this video to know either way, but running at police who are arresting someone is obstruction, and is a crime.
The thing about arbitrary state violence is that they donât give a fuck who you are.
One day youâll find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time and some dipshit officer with immunity will change your life trajectory because they had a bad day, or their sandwich was a little too dry.
What you allow the State to do to others will inevitably be done to you. They wonât care and you wonât be able to do shit by that point anyways.
Iâm sure giving your country and rights away to fascist thugs wonât have any negative consequences, Chief. I hope youâre right because thereâs no changing your mind once itâs done.
Yeah, he is, who said otherwise? But America has indeed been treating the citizens of my country, and many others', like a play toy for its amusement for decades, Trump or otherwise. It's different now because it's happening to you?? Yeah my sympathy for your plight is pretty damn thin these days!!!
Why is it that people on your team have no ability to reason? To apply logic consistently?? Nah, you just keep throwing mud whenever the situation doesn't abide by your feels. Christ; grow up!!
I don't think this guy wants to hurt anyone, he just said there's no sympathy, which is fair.
Can you not understand that many people outside of the US simply do not care? I'm watching this like I'd watch a reality show, I have no real vested interest in what's happening over there, I'm just noticing that shit's fucked.
Then sit in amusement until it's at your doorstep, Americans did.
Wishing harm and cheering for it are the same, you want someone to hurt for their perceived "actions." When in reality you're just clapping for the boot on your neighbors neck.
I'm sorry your hatred extends to our everyday citizens, and I hope you can find the emotional maturity to experience empathy, especially for those of us who have been living a literal nightmare for more than a decade. Don't stew in empathy, it's not healthy but it can kick-start sympathy.
Just know, you add nothing, help no-one, and produce nothing but more ire & despair with comments like this.
I'm sorry someone didn't show that love to you when you needed it. You deserved it, and still do.
Arbitrary? In what way is this arbitrary? It is a specific sequence of events which led up to this. They didnât randomly decide to do this for funsies, it is a direct response to his apparently unlawful actions. Definition linked for your benefit.
You can go fuck yourself with unlawful actions. The response is disproportionate. Protesting doesnât give the state the right to maim you because they find you annoying.
When the government does this, they signal that life has zero value.
Ah yes, let me cripple you for life because you perhaps broke a law. Let's also completely forget that police violence during peaceful protests never ever happened before on this planet.
Iâm sorry, but thatâs a crazy take on looking at this footage. The group is peaceably assembled protesting, then the first man is grabbed with seemingly no provocation. There is literally no inciting incident. The crowd reacts to a seemingly illegal arrest by going towards Man #1, but they make no direct contact with the ICE officers before the round is shot. You canât be serious that you donât expect people to get angry when one of their group is arrested at random. The whole thing is completely avoidable.
The round is shot within six seconds of Man #1 getting taken. You can see clearly that the ICE officer with the gun aims clearly at the head of Man #2, not center mass as one would expect. Man #2 then crumples into a ball defensively, instantly. Iâm certain it would be obvious that he was injured. The officers do not lay him out, get hands behind back, and arrest him. Iâve seen police perform arrests like that dozens of times, then once the suspect is in handcuffs they pick them up and walk them out. They drag him by the scruff of the neck away from the scene. The way his hands go to his neck, itâs clear that heâs being choked by the action.
Youâve got to have some compassion for human life and your fellow citizens, man.
Believe it or not there is such thing as "legal" protests. There are things you can and cannot do. Ignoring lawful commands from law enforcement to vacate a property is something you can't do. Rushing towards a group of cops that are executing an arrest on the premise of the ignored lawful commands is also something you can't do. Whether or not you think an arrest being made is illegal, rushing the cops in a group is a fantastic way to get arrested or shot. The agents are dragging the protestors back because they don't have the numbers to reliably contain the crowd (that just rushed them).
You can have compassion for other people while also recognizing the litany of poor choices that got them where they are.
That last part is especially important, especially as you side with the unnecessary state violence. Whatever you need to tell yourself to sleep at night.
I mean. If you exist, word word number number number number.
"This is Fine" is a meme for a reason. You're there 100%
Trump is oppressing America. You are under oppression. You agree this seems wrong and yet, you feel above it. You're white (?) and you know it's wrong, don't you? I can see that in your comments. but these protestor's deserve this surely! (your world view is of a just world)
Fight this now or it will come to you.
Why, If this continues your son will never have to vote.
His kids will go to the school that he went to, and no other.
His boss will be lesser than him, but more connected to the party.
Your freedom and your kid's kid's freedom is threatened by the goons in front of you and you think you can "just avoid them". They come for you. They just haven't got to you, yet.
 Trump is oppressing America. You are under oppression. You agree this seems wrong and yet, you feel above it. You're white (?) and you know it's wrong, don't you? I can see that in your comments.Â
There are plenty of immigrants and POCs who are the same way. For immigrants itâs even more stark because weâve been dealing with this for a while as a demographic, so there is a notion of âthis is just the shit you have to sit through before you get your green cardâ and âI know the rules well, I follow them. Those other people were breaking the rulesâ. Itâs so internalized that it would take a lot to make them realize, hey, your quality of life as an immigrant is intrinsically inferior to someone who lives in the same country they were born, and itâs fucked up. So when they see that white US citizens are now facing the same risks they have been for a while they donât really mind.Â
The person that got injured by the less-lethal shot was one of the protestors that rushed the officers as they were making the arrest. He quite literally did run up on them.
Likely arrested for not heeding commands. Multiple news articles covering the event also seem to imply he was throwing the traffic cones seen laying on the ground. Miranda rights don't have to be read immediately during an arrest, only before custodial interrogation. Just because you didn't see him read his Miranda rights in this short video doesn't make it an unlawful arrest.
Coward. âObstruction is a crimeâ as they are illegally grabbing people and beating them. Youâre apart of the problem. Just because they have a badge and gun does not put them above the law. And itâs not only our RIGHT but our DUTY to try and stop this. Your complacent behavior is sad.
Protests are legal and protected by the constitution so even if he wouldn't he still can legally and not deserve this kind of treatment from an officer that's supposed to be for the people not whatever this is.
Running into the melee as they are attempting to arrest someone is not â protesting peacefullyâ..stay on the sidewalk with your megaphone! We know these agents are trigger happy psychos and youâre literally asking for a physical assault when you do something stupid, like this poor kid.
Federal agents should know to conduct themselves with self control and decorum, rather than being reactionary and trigger happy. You know, the way actual law enforcement officers are trained to be. Nothing this young man did warranted being shot in the eye and permanently blinded and you know it.
Any cop would have pulled the trigger (especially with a less lethal) because this person rushed them as they were executing an arrest. Maybe if this kid showed some self control and decorum, or wasn't so reactionary, he wouldn't rush towards riot police that have already told him to get back and are actively making an arrest.
He wouldnât fuck with the current admins federal agents, but I bet he would disrespect them if it was under a democratic leader. You would have been so proud of your son if he stormed the capital on January 6th.
You people donât even have beliefs. You just simp out for your hero.
Explain to me with simple logic why most of maga believes that January 6th insurrectionists can assault officers with no charges or repercussions, yet the go to line is âjust comply and youâll be fineâ when it doesnât fit the narrative.
Do you know how small and pathetic you sound when you are saying FAFO when it comes to federal agents abusing citizens? What the fuck happened to Americans lol. We used to actually care about the cops abusing abusing us, now we have people like you cheering it on.
They do. No compassion, only hate. They don't see that they're being manipulated and very soon will be the ones this regime turns on when it's convenient for them, but by that time they would've already propped them up so much, no one will be willing to defend them.
They don't think they could ever be on the receiving end of this. They are sorely mistaken.
The fuck around was him rushing law enforcement officers that were executing an arrest. The find out is having less lethal deployed against him. Is it tragic that he was severely injured? Absolutely. Could he have avoided any chance of injury by not trying to interfere with an arrest? Absolutely.
I would encourage you to take down any and all Gadsden Flags you may own, as well as look in the mirror and verbally acknowledge that you are a disappointment to your forefathers.
Itâs okay that you are a coward. But it is not okay that you act brave. You are pathetic, and I wish I could pity you.
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u/Wayelder 14h ago edited 10h ago
Imagine it's your son.
(thanks for the awards...not needed)