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> Can you imagine the US government sending armed guerrilla forces to Boston to surround Harvard and MIT and start killing students? There were some dark times
by macintux 4y ago
> Can you imagine the US government sending armed guerrilla forces to Boston to surround Harvard and MIT and start killing students?
There were some dark times during the Trump administration when unmarked federal agents were sent to squash protests[1]. And of course long before that was Kent State[2].
So sadly the U.S. isn't as far removed from your hypothetical as I'd wish.
1: https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unmarked-federal-agents-against-portland-protesters/a-54224419 https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unma...
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
- tenpies 4y agoWhat would be your preferred course of action when violent insurrectionists attack a Federal court house? https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-july-21 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-...
- macintux 4y agoFederal agents with no markings, grabbing people off the streets, without coordinating with local officials... how is that not dystopian?
- the_only_law 4y agoIt’s good because it happened to people I don’t like.
- nradov 4y agoFederal agents are allowed to arrest anyone on the street if they have probable cause to suspect a violation of federal law. They aren't required to wear uniforms or coordinate with local officials. What's dystopian about that?
- usednet 4y agoNothing dystopian at all about unmarked vans picking protestors off the streets.
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoSo unmarked, the agents wore DSS, DHS, and FBI badges on their uniforms... The real dystopian nonsense was when media was telling us the "protests" were "mostly peaceful."
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