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by ipython 29 days ago
“That guy” had a name. His name was Alex Pretti. He was disarmed before he was shot in the head. He was not even holding his weapon at any point.

Are you implying that simply carrying a legal firearm while at a protest means you can be murdered, without any subsequent investigation?

Again the Overton window has shifted so far just in my lifetime. This would have been front page news with congressional investigations just 10-15 years ago.

Pictures of protesters openly carrying weapons at demonstrations who were not subsequently murdered by federal agents.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/michigan-stat...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/us/kyle-rittenhouse-ar15-...

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/black-armed-protesters...

Picture of Alex pretti before he was murdered.

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ice-shootin...

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Have you seen the picture of Alex Pretti kicking the taillights out of a moving vehicle carrying federal agents? The guy was not stable. Who knows what he might have done with that gun?

Protesting is one thing. Going looking for trouble is another.