Comment by joe_mamba

11 days ago

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> Really? That's why they have vests that say "POLICE FEDERAL AGENT" front and back ?

The paramilitaries that executed Pretti are all wearing street clothing, and all wearing different clothing. They look like a mob.

> Dangerous people that could identify their faces and kill their families in retaliation.

Well that's convenient, because it also allows them to kill protestors or their families without any consequence.

> Why are the protesters assaulting them covering their faces

Pretti didn't assault them, and wasn't covering his face. He got executed anyway.

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    • > On top of which they have matching ICE issued vest with inscriptions.

      It's a fascist theme to have paramilitaries not wearing uniforms. See for example the mukhabarat in Syria. It makes them more intimidating, because they look undisciplined, and adds confusion to protestors as to whether they are dealing with someone who is part of the legal system. Why on earth would they not be issued with uniforms?

      > Yes, accidents like this will happen when you shove law enforcement officers with a gun on you.

      Pretti did not shove any "law enforcement officers". The first physical contact is a shove on Pretti by one of them.

      BBC did a frame by frame analysis: the first shove happens at approx 1:00 in this video. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l0057wmt/bbc-verify-an...

      If you disagree, please provide a source.

      The first time they seem to be aware that he has a firearm is when they disarm him, and the execution happens after that, so I don't see how that is relevant.

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    • >>There's etiquette when dealing with police that people seem to have forgotten.

      You are literally insane if you think this is a matter of "etiquette" or that it was an accident.

      Essex police haven't fired a single bullet in the last 10 years, and they are able to provide effective policing anyway. But in US a bunch of gestapo officers have a man pinned to the ground, with his gun taken away, and then they shoot him?

      At least the real gestapo had the decency to ask you to stand against the wall looking away before they executed you.

      As I asked you in another comment - do you want to live in a Judge Dredd universe where officers can just execute someone like this? And I repeat, it's not an accident. If it was, they would have shot him once.

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