• in4aPenny@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Cops in America also firebombed and dropped C4 on civilians so ya’ll might actually be in competition with not just Sierre Leonean justice but like Islamic terrorists too. In fact, cops have killed more civilians than Islamic terrorists could ever hope for. Cops are the real terrorists of America.

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      6 months ago

      We’re lightyears behind ISIS… Our firebombing of civilians almost always occurrs on an ad hoc basis, ala. The Branch Davidian Compound at Waco. By contrast, ISIS mandates the regular use of such tactics as part of their organizational mission. Their dedication far exceeds that of any police department here in The US

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          While super shitty and something a lot of people don’t know about, it also happened so long ago that when you bring it up to people they don’t really take it seriously as an example of anything and will dismiss whatever point you are trying to make. It’s a “historical event” more than it’s something people typically feel is a part of “now”. These days the police operate completely differently, as the person you’re replying to said, what we saw with MOVE was an ad-hoc action that isn’t really an example of typical police behaviors in the contemporary US. They aren’t dropping bombs from helicopters, it’s a weird dumb thing they have done but the world we live in now is roided out SWAT with military surplus and they are doing a pre-dawn raid because they love to LARP and that’s what they train for.