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You are asking for an armed standoff. Last time that happened in this country, college students were slaughtered by government forces.
by kjkjadksj 2y ago
You are asking for an armed standoff. Last time that happened in this country, college students were slaughtered by government forces.
- whoknowsidont 2y agoI didn't ask or wish for us to get this point. But this is it, right here. Either there are consequences for violating the rule of law or we keep sliding further and further into despotism.
- digdugdirk 2y ago... As opposed to the numerous civilians who are currently being killed by government forces without repercussion due to qualified immunity? Though having said that, I'm not sure if qualified immunity would apply in the same way to ICE officers. If that hasn't been legally determined yet (remember - ICE didn't exist before 9/11, and legal determinations take time), and looking at how ICE is currently operating with impunity in plain clothes and unmarked vehicles... Things will get much worse than Kent State before they get better.
- ceejayoz 2y agoDepends a bit on your politics. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/20/nx-s1-4966725/a-decade-after-armed-standoff-the-bundys-appear-to-be-above-the-law https://www.npr.org/2024/06/20/nx-s1-4966725/a-decade-after-... > Ten years after staging an armed standoff with federal agents on his Nevada ranch, Cliven Bundy remains free. As does his son Ammon, despite an active warrant for Ammon from Idaho related to a harassment lawsuit.
- derektank 2y agoPeople also died during the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, which was an extension of the Bundy standoff. I think it's fair to say that these are kinds of showdowns between federal and state/local forces are fraught with danger for those involved.
- int_19h 2y agoWell then, best not come unarmed.