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[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

That photograph is unbearable because it traps a man in the exact second before his murder. He is alive, kneeling, terrified, and fully aware that the next sound he hears will be the gunshot that ends him. The camera steals even that last mercy, forcing him to die forever, over and over, every time someone looks. He is not a symbol or a lesson, he is a human being caught at the instant the world decides he no longergets to exist.

Ice are nazis. Abolish ice.

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If I was the one murdered and could be aware of this, I would be massively thankful that at least this moment was caught so clearly, that I didn't die alone, that maybe it won't be for nothing and people will see this and have a fire ignited within them to continue the fight.

So many people have been killed just like this before that we never saw and will never know about. The murderer has worked for Border Patrol for 8 years. I would be completely unsurprised to learn he had already murdered others.

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

They’ve murdered a lot of people behind closed doors that’s why it’s so important to keep recording.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

He is not a symbol or a lesson, he is a human being caught at the instant the world decides he no longergets to exist.

The irony of it is that, because of this, he will exist far longer than any of us will, but he shouldn't have had to.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

He wouldn't have heard the shot because bullets travel faster than sound.

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] evol@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

I mean I assume you don't die instantly so he might have heard it?

[-] brownsugga@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Daily reminder that all major American media companies are fully complicit with this fascist takeover. And at least one group I can think of is enthusiastically supporting it (skydance)

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Whoever is not covering this is definitely not your friend.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

At least the Nazis had the courage to show their faces.

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I haven't seen the pic on the right. What video is it from?

[-] khanh@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Alex Pretti, a man who was shot dead (10 times) by ICE.

[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I know, I've seen multiple angles of the murder. I haven't seen this one. What video is it from?

[-] khanh@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure this one is the most mainstream angle. How did you not see it? The exact angle and image has been shared almost everywhere.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If it makes you all feel any better, the nazi with the gun didn't survive the war. Also, his hometown covered his name on a war memorial with a QR code so people would know what he'd done and he'd get proper credit for his monstrous acts.

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's why they wear masks now, so they can just walk around like normal people when they aren't murdering us in the street.

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

He died in battle and was never prosecuted for his crimes.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Time to study and read socialist theory. Seriously! https://redsails.org/

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

We need more community defense classes now more than ever. Seriously!

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

These two photos (to me) point to something even more monstrous in modern times.

For all of its barbarism, the guy on the left still at least had the courage of his convictions to show his face while commiting his crime. He believed enough to not hide his face like a coward.

ICE is just effectively keyboard warriors with guns in the real world. They have the balls to pull their shit only so long as they can stay hidden and safe behind masks while doing so. A bunch of fucking cowards who would immediately piss themselves if they were one on one and unmasked.

I'm not going to defend any nazi, especially the guy on the left. But at least nazi's used to have the courage of their convictions. Nowadays it's just barely literate dude-bros looking for a mask so they can execute people.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

We need socialism

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Did they shoot him from behind? Like back of the head?

[-] gigachad@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

From what I saw on videos they shot him from behind into his back. But it was not a scene of execution like here in the image, more like a fight situation.

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was a gang beating followed by murder

[-] Denjin@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

He had been dragged to the ground, kicked and punched repeatedly by multiple people and hit in the head with some sort of bat, he was unresponsive on the floor by the time the first shot is fired and then he's clearly already dead or dying and not moving at all when the rest of the shots are fired.

[-] gigachad@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Huh? I think I was misunderstood here. In no way I wanted to downplay US gestapo here. I just wanted to tell the difference between these two images: In the first one a person seems to be forced to kneel in order to get executed by a shot in the head. The second image was already described by you very well.

[-] Klear@quokk.au 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why would you feel the need to point that out?

How about pointing out that the first is black and white and the other is in colour. Or that the first picture has a bunch of people in the background. Yes, thank you. Good to know your eyes work. But none of that is relevant to the point being made her.

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 0 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think the first shot was aimed at the head, but at the upper body area, while multiple people were wrestling him down. There was no need for usage of lethal force in any of this.

[-] huppakee@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

There was no need for usage of lethal force in any of this.

They don't learn when you need lethal force or when you don't. They learn how you aim a gun and that you have immunity while you are doing your job.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

8 year Border Patrol veteran. They've always been trash.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"Let's point out the hypocrisy of the fascists for the thousandth time. Then, we'll use logic to explain reality to those who have rejected logic for a decade. Then, we'll appeal to the virtues, morality, and ethics of those who have never once displayed any of those traits.

That'll surely stop the fascist coup in its final hour."

— American "liberals"

I swear, at this point it's hard to tell who is more brainwashed and mentally ill. The fascists who reject reality, or the antifascists who reject reality; refusing to accept that the fascists are too mentally ill to be reasoned with.

[-] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

I 100% agree with what you said, but please don't equate fascism to a mental illness, it's offensive to people suffering from actual illnesses.

Fascists aren't like that because of an illness they can't control, they are simply cowardly bullies that chose to behave like that.

[-] architect@thelemmy.club -1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh shut the fuck up. Being fucking offended over that while fascism is here. Weak shit. Knock it off.

[-] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nah it’s just ableism. Be better.

[-] AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And you are doing, what, exactly? Other than giving lessons in smug superiority?

Come on. Inspire us.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not American; just a foreign ally who would've already bought a gun and learned how to use it a decade ago, if I were American, because MAGA has been a fascist evangelical mental illness fuelled by billionaire propaganda the entire god damn time.

But maybe organise protests outside the homes of every Republican politician 24/7? Don't let them sleep and make them feel the terror they are bringing to the people?

Maybe spend your time building lists of who the fascists are, where they live, and how high-profile they are? Maybe study methods of guerrilla warfare and insurgency? Maybe join local antifascist militias and learn how to securely communicate, including in case of when the fascists nuke the internet and energy grid?

Maybe spend your time preparing for when the mass murder starts? Have a plan of meaningful resistance, then execute it if/when all else fails.

Because I can tell you right now, the tens of millions of mentally ill Americans are impossible to de programme. They've chosen fascism, and they won't abandon it without being brought to their knees. Trying to reason with insanity is nothing more than wasting your breath.

[-] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 weeks ago

Your countries signed on with palantir, too. You should be helping us because you don’t have any guns to fight what is coming to you.

If we fall, you're all easy pickings.

You have to know that.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Why do you think I'm here? If American antifascists fail to remove the cancer, it will destroy the lives of millions/billions abroad. Whether or not fascist tyranny appears in my country/city is mostly dependent on whether or not American antifascists overthrow American fascists, including oligarch operatives like Thiel and Musk. Palantir is an integral part of the fascism American corporations/oligarchs are exporting, along with most intelligence/surveillance tech, economics, politics, big tech, media, and social media.

How do YOU propose foreigners help? I've already shifted my investments and purchases away from American corpos and USD. I've already canceled all subs and transitioned as much away from big tech as I can at this stage. I've already donated hundreds to Ukraine. I already spent a large chunk of my life refuting both fascists and anti-fascists with stats, facts, and logic on social media. I realised that none of it mattered many years ago, because the fascist oligarchy own the networks and algorithms.

The hardest part has been convincing American "liberals" that they aren't in the big club they think they are, and that the "moderate whites" — neoliberals and "traditional" conservatives — will not protect or defend them from fascism, just like MLK documented over 60 years ago.

[-] architect@thelemmy.club 0 points 3 weeks ago

Why would you ask that question? If they really are doing something they shouldn’t fucking tell you what it is. Are you an idiot or a cute fascy playing pretend?! Use your fucking brain.

[-] dewey_mcbrewster@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Mmmhmm right, because ICE totally singled out and executed an innocent person.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's what the video makes clear, yes.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I always appreciate when addlepated bumblefucks out themselves like this. Thank you for your transparency. It has saved us all a lot of time.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for stating the obvious?

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, they did, and eventually they'll get to you. Are you a billionaire? Because if you're not, you will either serve them, or die.

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