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Additional reporting from Bring Me The News. They have removed the following text from their coverage:

Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.

New York Times

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[–] 115 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Here is the video. There is no justification for this shooting.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m1xOMR7R4q8

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  • [–] 62 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    That makes me sick to my stomach.

    The sanctity of a human life has lost all meaning if it can be violated so casually without consequences...

    This pot's about to boil over. It won't be long now...

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I can't find the interview now or remember who it was with because of my brainrot but roughly than six months ago this woman was saying in no uncertain terms things will get progressively darker and more violent. And I've thought of that when every one of these moments has arisen. She was speaking more to the need of a parent whose health premiums quadrupled and SNAP benefits were cut having to care for and feed a sick child and what that might do to their anger and willingness to go do something against the elements foisting this upon them, but of course we never can predict what the precise hinge point moments are going to be during turbulent times. We just knew they were coming. And now they are. And will continue.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days. But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Watched video a dozen times looking for a weapon near or on the person shot. Just couldn’t imagine how to justify this otherwise.

    I see a water bottle hit the ground early in the video but that’s it. Clear hands and wasteband from what I can see so far.

    I’d love to be wrong.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    It's like that one video with the cop dropping to the ground doing barrel rolls and shouting shots fired, when an acorn fell and hit the roof of a car.

    Bunch of untrained morons.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago*

    It would’t matter if he was strapped with a .45 brother, that’s a right we have right after speech. They’re in the wrong here, this was MURDER. It was not even an execution. Execution implies you know it’s coming.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago*

    From what I understand, the water bottle was a mace canister. Some reports were saying the guy was reaching for it to use as a weapon but I don't see that. It is then kicked away. Also, pay attention to the agent in the gray jacket. He walks up a bit late, and disarms the victim by pulling the (holstered) pistol from his waistband. He then runs away holding the weapon as the victim is shot. Like a dozen times.

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