Until we start charging cops the way we would charge anyone else, it's going to be a very attractive job for people that think shooting people sounds fun.
disagree, cops should have much more serious consequences, they should be aware of the law, and abusing their status makes whatever crime they committed much more serious than if a civilian did.
Given the astronomical budget of this agency, which is equivalent to the military spending of medium-sized countries, this is unfortunately highly unlikely.
And, as others have already said: it is the citizens who pay for all of it.
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Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.
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OP needs to learn to link to sources & everyone here needs to learn about the iniquity of images of text as explained above.
The bodycam evidence that completely exonerates Martinez isn't released yet to the public afaik, at least I couldn't find it. The bodycam purportedly shows that the ice driver turns the steering wheel to the left to ram into Martinez' car. Another (or the same?) ice agent is shown on bodycam with a finger on the trigger saying "do something bitch" before shooting her. Martinez her gun was still in her purse when she was shot.
Until we start charging cops the way we would charge anyone else, it's going to be a very attractive job for people that think shooting people sounds fun.
Oh you mean like that cop who had “You’re fucked” on his rifle
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/youre-fucked-acquittal-officer-brailsford-and
disagree, cops should have much more serious consequences, they should be aware of the law, and abusing their status makes whatever crime they committed much more serious than if a civilian did.
Right? It's like oh didn't we used to have a serial killer problem? Where did they all go?? Ummm
I hope she wins a civil lawsuit big enough to actually hurt the agency and ensure she and her hiers never have to work again
I wish we lived in a world where law enforcement trying to murder someone and lying about it were punished more harshly than the general populace.
The agents won't pay for this, the public will. There is no real accountability.
Police should be required to carry insurance like doctors. Uninsurable? Unhireable.
Given the astronomical budget of this agency, which is equivalent to the military spending of medium-sized countries, this is unfortunately highly unlikely.
And, as others have already said: it is the citizens who pay for all of it.
We pay for it by the erosion of the tolerant pluralistic democracy that we inherited but are not presently keeping
Oh sweet summer child. The only ones hurt by this are the victim and the tax payers.
Here is a fucking a source, some of y'all need to learn to look shit up
I disagree. The onus for providing a source is on OP for posting a screencap of a tweet. This needs to be a fediverse-wide rule, IMO.
Source the claims you post people, please.
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*Formats entire reply in the form of an aneurysm
Does your Lemmy client not support bullet lists?
I don't think that image needs a text alternative. It's just covering part of what's said in text below it, which is fine.
The link text being "Here" should have descriptive content though.
Martinez her lawyer defending her against the public government accusations: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/16/us/video/dhs-martinez-car-jimenez-dnt-digvid
Local Chicago breaking news about how the dhs narrative holds no water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CtXQy-NhSPo
The bodycam evidence that completely exonerates Martinez isn't released yet to the public afaik, at least I couldn't find it. The bodycam purportedly shows that the ice driver turns the steering wheel to the left to ram into Martinez' car. Another (or the same?) ice agent is shown on bodycam with a finger on the trigger saying "do something bitch" before shooting her. Martinez her gun was still in her purse when she was shot.
Holy fuck do those agents need to be jailed forever, at a minimum.
Videos and sauce pls, need this as evidence in my album to show people who way ICE and BP isn't bad
Just in case you thought you could believe any of their self-reporting. They will always lie to protect themselves.
So the "agents" will be charged with perjury for lying, right? fired from their jobs? banned from law enforcement?
They will each receive a free puppy for target practice.
"Well, we didn't want to get in trouble"
"It saved a lot of paperwork for everyone involved"
Sounds like those guys are all getting a bonus. This is not sarcasm.
Right wingers claim that the death penalty acts as a deterrent, right? So maybe they need to get the death penalty here.
Original source please?
You mean the cops? Why would you want to hear from them?
Like, the video
Holy shit, It's not out to the public yet. Read the article it's like 3 paragraphs.