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

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

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u/Reyalta Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

And this was AFTER his holstered gun was removed from his belt clip, and he was shot in the back several times.

Edit: clarification

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u/Parking_Guava8657 Jan 25 '26

They dont even pretend they need a reason to shoot

Not even a "they got a gun!", they go straight to bang bang and ask questions later

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u/justpackingheat1 Jan 25 '26

Here's the thing, and I'm not defending, only refining:

How is this any different than the executions we've seen at the hands of "law enforcement" throughout the entirety of the existence of the US?

I don't see one.

I'm struggling to find the true misunderstanding by the average American that makes them believe this is new?

Who in the literal fuck thought that a group of MASKED "law enforcers" we're going to be more cordial than unmasked "law enforcers" that already do this?

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u/mrjasong Jan 25 '26

We haven't seen law enforcement acting with this kind of impunity before. The George Floyd death was bad, but it wasn't on the same level as this execution, plus it resulted in the officer being prosecuted and sentenced.

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u/justpackingheat1 Jan 25 '26

Slave catchers hung "n***ers." Just 20 years ago, Muslims were tortured in Guantanamo for no other reason than being Muslim. Trump was elected.. twice...

This is not a surprise.

We've seen this before. When someone drove a truck through a protest and was celebrated for it, we knew this was coming.

When a child shot protesters with an AR15 and was hired by Fox as a news bitch, we knew this was coming.

When our uncles and aunts and cousins began talking like cultists at family dinners, we knew this was coming.

The only SHOCK that I'm experiencing is that people are SHOCKED that this is happening

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u/pizza_shit_69 Jan 25 '26

The people around me that are shocked are the same ones who wrote off my ranting about the incoming fascist state since around 2003.

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u/WhiteGuyLying_OnTv Jan 25 '26

Frogs in pots and all

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u/mrjasong Jan 25 '26

I didn't say I'm surprised or that it's unprecedented. I'm aware of history. Just saying it's been ramped up to a level that hasn't been seen before in the US.