The video of Alex Pretti murder is beyond brutal and heartbreaking.

Nothing controversial about it. He never reached to his weapon which he was licensed to carry. He was on the ground on his knees already injured , hands on his face, one agent retrieved the weapon from his back, the other waited..and then shot him several times on the back. While several agents are holding him down..

It was murder.

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Carla · 61-69, F

The brutality is the point.
Many of us knew this would happen. It is the logical progression.
Now, if these monsters, many pardoned criminals, are able to do this while knowingly being filmed, what are they doing to non citizens behind closed doors?
We know of one murder of a detained person. How many others?
None of this is accidental.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Carla Yep, exactly, the brutality, and the fear it instills, is the point. Theoretically, citizens have 1st Amendment rights to observe and report on ICE activity. And, theoretically, citizens have the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.

BUT! If ICE can pepper spray observers and treat armed citizens as deadly threats, it makes many people too afraid to exercise their Constitutional rights.

The fear to exercise our rights is what ICE wants. And we have a word in English for the practice of instilling fear to prevent exercise of rights. The word is terrorism; in this case, domestic terrorism.

The right-wingers ask "Why do you have to take pictures??" "Why did he bring a gun??" The real question is on what grounds do you question our free exercise of our Constitutional rights???

Carla · 61-69, F

@ElwoodBlues gun toting right wing protesters have been gathering for years.
Armed militia entered my state capitol bldg to protest masks and vaccines ffs.

Fear has been what this administration has fed the public for a decade.
Now they aren't even pretending that it isn't them we should be in fear of.
Im hoping that this particular brand of fear mongering produces an angry fear.