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A Virginia resident hunted a Latino man, cornered him, questioned him, and then shot him and his friend, because he assumed the guy was an undocumented immigrant (www.wric.com)
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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Cornett’s housemates also told detectives that he was “kind of obsessed” with cable news stories about undocumented immigrants entering the United States.

Gee, I wonder what network he was watching.

he was ‘pissed’ about undocumented migrants receiving welfare funds, phones and health insurance

sigh

he fantasized about flying an Apache helicopter gunship to the border and firing on undocumented migrants traveling into the United States in order ‘to deter’ other undocumented migrants from attempting to cross the border.

I have no words.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At what point do we start to hold networks accountable for reporting blatant lies nonstop to get people riled up.(I realize it becomes a slippery slope when in the wrong hands)

I was hopefully thinking with the dominion case, but it doesn't seem to have done alot.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What was the defense, it's satire?

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

It's entertainment

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

He wouldn't be fully erect during the helicopter revery

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 days ago

Those ICE brutes gave enough examples, so the situation is quite expected.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 33 points 2 days ago

Arm yourselves. They want you dead.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How are these idiots now realising the irony of this?

You were founded by undocumented immigrants, most of you are from a lineage of undocumented immigrants

[–] Buske@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

The whole point is to once again divide us all, make US kill each other, and not the rich. Though After this there will be ALOT of people from both sides who have so much to fucking answer for.

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Strictly speaking, there isn't any irony. Your argument is irrelevant to the situation. It doesn't matter who founded what. My country has a few thousand years of documented history, so it was founded by some club-waving barbarians but this has nothing to do with modern times.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago

Completely agree, but there's this hard-on people have with bringing up the terrible shit that America specifically has done/has happened in the past at every possible chance.

To be clear, it did happen and it was atrocious, but there's a time and place when it's relevant.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

...because that would be a reasonable reason to shoot an other human being..

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

The stochastic terrorism is working.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

Probably be pardoned before sentencing and asked to fulfill his helicopter fantasy at this rate

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago

What a great and lovely society I inhabit.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

A Fox News watching Conservative HUNTING Immigrants? They MUST be a Democrat!

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm glad that it sounds like the victims survived. At least for now. Injuries like those can be devastating

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I'm shocked.