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Footage From Phone of ICE Agent Who Shot and Killed Renee Good Released

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This view provides an interesting detail. He walks around the car with the phone, documenting the plates and the bumper stickers, and then before he walks in front of it a second time (for what reason?) he switches the hand with which he is holding the phone to free up his right hand. In a video from another angle, you can see he starts reaching for his gun when she's still in reverse, or at least before she accelerates. So to me, it seems like he's performing the behavior that was mentioned in a 2013 paper on CBP use of force. In that report, they mentioned agents were standing in front of cars about to flee, and then shooting the drivers in frustration and then claiming self-defense. Here, Ross positions himself in front of a fleeing person (but just barely, so he can still step out of the way) and uses them hitting the gas as an excuse to use deadly force. The fact he says "fucking bitch" afterward and also flees the scene suggests he killed her with malice and knew it was unjustified.

Here is an article about the use of force paper from 2014 https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/us-border-agents-intentionally-stepped-front-moving-vehicles-justify-shooting-them/

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ICE Is Okay With Renee Good’s Killing

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In sorry, the idea that injunctions would prevent this is laughable. In many states the state police are directly collaborating with ICE. What procedure are you even imagining? You want the deportations so long as it's done so in a professional way? The legal system is dead, only it's ghost remains and this regime doesn't believe in ghosts.

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Nigerian Village Bombed by Trump Has 'No Known History' of Anti-Christian Terrorism, Locals Say

This is imperialism folks. Let's take a look at Nigeria's exports:

Ah, petroleum. How is that managed in Nigeria?

Ah I see, a state-owned oil company that is the only entity licensed to operate in the countries petroleum industry.

But sure, "Christian Genocide". That must be it. Obviously, its not. Instead of taking the soft rout through the IMF, imposing austerity and liberalization policies on the country via development loans, they're taking the hard rout of simply blowing the country up until it destabilizes.

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153 Democrats vote to fund Israel, block Palestinian statehood, eliminate DEI programs, expand funding for Christian nationalism and anti-abortion

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Yes, you are making my point for me. People who say things like "we just have to over turn citizens united" are either ignorant of the magnitude of the task they're invoking, or simply echoing a sentiment they heard else where and moving on.

We're going to have the current supreme court for a good 30 years going forward (baring every one of them walking in front of a bus). That's 30 more years of iron clad support for citizens united. Since citizens united, the entire landscape of politics has changed. Both parties receive unfathomable amounts of money every year, and these are the people who ultimately select the members of the supreme court.

So how exactly does one "over turn" citizens united, when the entire political system is built around citizens united? How do you "get money out of politics" when it is the engine that drives politics?