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To be fair, in the last 4 years especially, the US has set its own precedent of raiding the homes of political opponents, supporters and even lawyers. In one c
by kiawe_fire 5y ago
To be fair, in the last 4 years especially, the US has set its own precedent of raiding the homes of political opponents, supporters and even lawyers.
In one case last year, a person was even visited by officers for simply saying a politician’s rhetoric was “underwhelming”.
To say nothing of the peaceful protestors who have been detained, in some cases without charges or even access to lawyers.
We may like to think we’re still the bastion of freedom we want to see, but the trend certainly doesn’t point that way.
- SeanLuke 5y agoCitation needed. Use of police force in the ways you're describing is exceedingly rare in the US. If there is an uptick in the last 4 years, it would seem to me mostly due to the increase in death threats against politicians and their families by an increasingly polarized right wing.