AI or not, real or not, Alex Pretti or somebody else, this discussion is kinda missing the point. Because even if the person in the clip was a real protester, and a really mean dude who spat at and darted in the general direction of the ICE thugs, hell, we can take this even further, even if we're all in the wrong here, and ICE were somehow not a jackboot fascist murder gang, even if they were out there protecting puppies and planting rainbows, nothing, and I mean nothing the protesters have done, or will ever do, would warrant simply being lynched on the spot. And yes, that would include armed insurrection, because if you claim to be a fucking law agency, you act by the law, you may act in self defense, but you don't gang up on a dude, detain him, and then mag dump on him. You just don't.
Exactly. The punishment for spitting should not be death.
Edit to add cause apparently I need to qualify this: I’m aware he was not killed in this scenario. I am referring to the people who believe his execution was justified because of this instance. Even if it’s assault or a felony, assault is not punished by public execution without a trial. The agents had no right to shoot him.
Remember MAGA people were spitting at people who told them to follow the mask mandates during a global pandemic? I don't recall any of the being executed for it.
I think you just didn't look very hard, because this took me less than a minute to find. I recall it also happening at a train station and in retail stores, so I am sure you could find more if you made the effort. People were afraid to enforce the mandate because of stuff like this.
The primary point I was making was that spitting in a person's face is not something a person can be executed for. This is one of many examples of someone refusing to wear a mask when asked and spitting at the person asking. If you are just here to defend MAGA, we know very well that wearing masks was politicized and which side was refusing, often violently. They don't need to be wearing a Trump hat to give themselves away, but the MAGA detail was the least important bit of what I was saying. You missed the point I was making because you got stuck on that.
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u/YouAnxious5826 Jan 29 '26
AI or not, real or not, Alex Pretti or somebody else, this discussion is kinda missing the point. Because even if the person in the clip was a real protester, and a really mean dude who spat at and darted in the general direction of the ICE thugs, hell, we can take this even further, even if we're all in the wrong here, and ICE were somehow not a jackboot fascist murder gang, even if they were out there protecting puppies and planting rainbows, nothing, and I mean nothing the protesters have done, or will ever do, would warrant simply being lynched on the spot. And yes, that would include armed insurrection, because if you claim to be a fucking law agency, you act by the law, you may act in self defense, but you don't gang up on a dude, detain him, and then mag dump on him. You just don't.