RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoUS Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Themwww.thenation.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1507arrow-down1external-linkUS Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Themwww.thenation.comRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
(Older article, relevant today) Border Patrol agents have intentionally and unnecessarily stepped in front of moving cars to justify using deadly force against vehicle occupants.
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThey sunny need real shit to declare whatever they want.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThey do and don’t. They need to at least have a pretense that their followers can tout. But no, they don’t need it to be real, in the end. Ask Chechnya.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoFor those who need the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings Putin used Chechnya and a flasr flag bombimg while consolidating power to cement his reign.
They sunny need real shit to declare whatever they want.
They do and don’t. They need to at least have a pretense that their followers can tout. But no, they don’t need it to be real, in the end. Ask Chechnya.
For those who need the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings
Putin used Chechnya and a flasr flag bombimg while consolidating power to cement his reign.