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Abbott ‘has the blood of a child on his hands,’ a congresswoman said. ‘No good person would do this,’ said Mexico President López Obrador.

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[-] Uprise42@artemis.camp 18 points 1 year ago

The issue with that argument is that people supporting this believe they are fully allowed to booby-trap their house.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Luckily, ignorance of the law does not insulate those individuals from consequences if they act on their incorrect beliefs. Just wish we'd apply the same line of thinking without regard for the perpetrator's level of political influence.

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Unless they're a cop, then it's called qualified immunity.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

While I have no doubt that people believe this. The people charged with enforcing the law should be aware of the law.

[-] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The judicial system strongly disagrees with you on that one.

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