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Video of the incident in question [1]. This thread will likely be flag-killed instantly. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1qlpzu8/another_ice_

• Tadpole9181 9mo ago
  > this video will likely be glad just instantly Again. Anyway, the video shows that we've unequivocally entered open-air brownshirt executions. This person was pinned to the ground by three people while another was just wailing against their head from above. Hard to tell what object they're using as a cudgel to their face. Then the subsequent mag dumping just to be extra sure they're dead. We really need that lady in the back to release her video.
  • fzeroracer 9mo ago
    It's absolutely inexcusable, even moreso than the murder of Renee Good. Though I fully expect the usual suspects to show up and claim it was justified because he was resisting arrest, which seems to be the popular modus operandi for justifying execution by the state.
    • simmerup 9mo ago
      I think they're both inexcusable. Both are entire worlds that have been removed from the earth, because some insecure men were given guns and power by Trump
    • computerthings 9mo ago
      [dead]
    • theossuary 9mo ago
      I don't know how you think this is worse than Renee Good's murder. She was shot in the temple through the driver side window while being directed by an Ice agent to drive away. She was then denied medical care at the scene, and local police were denied access to investigate while the shooter was shepherded out of state as quickly as possible
      • hermanzegerman 9mo ago
        Well they tried to deny local police access here too, but the local police wasn't having it this time
    • foldr 9mo ago
      "We haven't quite decided yet whether he committed suicide or died trying to escape."
  • joemazerino 9mo ago
    [flagged]
    • fzeroracer 9mo ago
      They've been swarming everyone with multiple agents, even people that are objectively not resisting arrest [1]. That's part of what they do to provide cover. It makes it harder to see the victim in question for any bystander taping the incident. Same reason why whenever they arrest a protester they immediately surround them. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1q9p1dp/man_kneed_in_face_by_ice/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1q9p1dp/man_kn...
    • arunabha 9mo ago
      [flagged]
      • whateveracct 9mo ago
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    • Tadpole9181 9mo ago
      They have two agents holding his hands to the ground while another is beating him in the face with a baton repeatedly. That's not an arrest! They're just thugs who gang up on people and use the violence they themselves are committing as proof of "resisting arrest" to justify escalating violence. There are now numerous videos of them using excessive force, like spraying a from inches away while while am agent has them pinned down, hands behind back. Or a subdued person in cuffs getting a knee to the back of their neck.
      • perihelions 9mo ago
        Here's the source for that one (just in case anyone is living under a rock or something), https://www.startribune.com/border-patrol-greg-bovino-smoke-canister-chemical-spray-ice-protests-observers-minneapolis-dhs/601568184 https://www.startribune.com/border-patrol-greg-bovino-smoke-... ("A federal agent sprays a man being pinned to the ground by other agents following the detention of at least two teenagers in south Minneapolis on Jan. 21. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)")
  • lynndotpy 9mo ago
    For anyone wondering why this is relevant to HackerNews: - There are tech companies and workers in companies outside California, - A government deploying a militarized police force to execute people in the streets is bad for the economy, - That government is the United States, and so this is bad for the world economy, - A lot of the people in our industry are immigrants from outside the United States, - If you're a HackerNews user in the United States, you can be shot and killed just like this.
    • Tadpole9181 9mo ago
      [flagged]
    • baubino 9mo ago
      Also, that this kind of state violence and collapse of democracy is underway in the country that also happens to be the center of the global tech industry is something that all HNers should care about.
    • matsemann 9mo ago
      - most of this has been helped by big tech. By algorithms polarizing people, rich people buying social media to further their agenda, etc
    • prime_ursid 9mo ago
      Another reason: individual liberty is and has been an important value in the tech community since the 1960s.
      • direwolf20 9mo ago
        Has it? The original hacker movement surely had it, but is that still the tech community? I feel that since about 2012 the tech community has been money seekers — people who want to own the next AirBNB and Uber — and they don't care about individual liberty.
• simmerup 9mo ago
  Look at them, they'#re even skipping putting them in jail first so they can be suicided. They must have been at extreme danger of some harsh words before killing them