silence7

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Note that the violence, as usual, is almost entirely on the part of the cops

 

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Background from NPR

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

ICE has been raiding elementary schools in the past few days.

I dont expect 2nd graders to read the article.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

Good luck once locked up without the right to an attorney

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for letting us know what is going on.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Most kids don't have the set of photos you describe in government databases.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Welcome to America

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

if they care to

ICE doesn't care if your skin is too dark, or your name sounds vaguely Arabic or Spanish.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

The problem is that you're probably not lying in wait with a mythical concealed-carry shotgun. Realistic sequences that have happened in the recent past:

  • A couple guys wearing utility company uniforms ask to step inside to diagnose a problem. They then jump you and arrest you.
  • Your camera system stops working due to jamming. Then 15 armed men break through your door and surprise you while you're asleep in bed.
  • Several people in the crowd at your kid's graduation ceremony suddenly surround you and zip-tie your wrists before you realize what's going on.

You're going to be dealing with a situation where you don't see in advance what's happening, and where you're confronted with a whole batch of people who are heavily armed and wearing body armor. That's a situation where one individual acting alone is very unlikely to succeed in killing an assailant with a gun.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Odds of shooting somebody in face when you are ambushed by a larger group of armed men are low.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

They're wearing body armor. Dude with a concealed gun likely ends up dead, and ICE gets no charges because they were afraid.

[–] silence7@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Probably be stuck in customs for life.

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