All it took was a white mother (and US citizen) getting shot in broad daylight. As much as I hate to admit it, a large enough segment of the population needed something blatant like this to care.
Trump watched the video in front of a bunch of reporters and said "meh". Nothing will change for 3.5 years minimum. 40% of the country thinks he's doing great, and a greater percentage of those 40% vote vs the people who vote from the other group.
Immigration can be enforced without murdering, gassing and viciously assaulting bystanders. Never mind the violations of human rights (like sending deportees to hellholes like CECOT), lying about citizen observers and continually having lawsuits tossed by grand juries.
It's a rogue agency with no accountability that will continue to cause untold harm while making everyone less safe.
A decade ago I put this stance into my LinkedIn profile tag line, and was a little surprised how many engineers reached out to praise that decision.
I think it's rapidly, finally, entering the realm of political viability.
All it took was a white mother (and US citizen) getting shot in broad daylight. As much as I hate to admit it, a large enough segment of the population needed something blatant like this to care.
It's not flattering to the US that the mother who was murdered needed specifically to be white for people to care.
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Video analysis is depressing: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis...
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Trump watched the video in front of a bunch of reporters and said "meh". Nothing will change for 3.5 years minimum. 40% of the country thinks he's doing great, and a greater percentage of those 40% vote vs the people who vote from the other group.
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You have it backwards. Police shooting a white person will get less attention than if they were not white.
Odd. I thought she was a legal observer. It is funny how quickly the narratives changed given how little traction was gained on 'observer' status.
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So you did it when Obama ( and the current ICE management ) were handling deportations?
He did say 10 years ago so...
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Immigration can be enforced without murdering, gassing and viciously assaulting bystanders. Never mind the violations of human rights (like sending deportees to hellholes like CECOT), lying about citizen observers and continually having lawsuits tossed by grand juries.
It's a rogue agency with no accountability that will continue to cause untold harm while making everyone less safe.
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