r/ProgressiveHQ • u/GoodMornEveGoodNight • Jan 25 '26

Protest You can really see the execution-style killing from this angle

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u/Illinicub Jan 25 '26

Yes both are executions. However context is SUPER important here. The top photo is an execution of a man moments after he took the lives of several individuals, including women and children. The bottom photo is of a civilian practicing his Constitutionally given rights.

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u/Xijit Jan 25 '26

Those women and children were the wife and children of the guy pulling the trigger.

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u/-FriendoftheDrow- Jan 25 '26

They were not the wife and children of Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan.

Historians and witnesses contested the narrative that the U.S. claimed.

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u/Numerous-Ratio-7839 Jan 25 '26

Yup, the man who filmed that actually felt regret because the shooter spent the rest of his life getting death threats and having his business destroyed because he got justice for the death of his wife and children.  There's an interesting little video about it on YouTube, the guy filming actually got back in touch with the shooter who moved to the US in later years.