Jacob Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, cautioned in a Blue Sky thread that the case involving a Maryland man the U.S. government acknowledges was "wrongfully deported" has reached a "crisis moment."In March, Kilmar Ábrego García was accused of being an MS-13 gang m...
  • graycube@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    So if you know you are going to get disappeared without a trial, then it seems logical to resist ICE capture by all means available. Given the high rate of gun ownership in the US, I am truly surprised we aren’t hearing about gunfights and standoffs and hero ICE people being killed by those allegedly already violence predisposed alleged gang members they are rounding up.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago
      1. Because, even in a world where you can buy assault rifles at the mall, it is generally only the upper middle class who are able to afford to arm themselves
      2. The idea of “Everywhere I go it is high noon at the o-k corral and I need to be ready to quickdraw on a toddler at a moment’s notice” is a decidedly White American mentality
      3. People are generally either getting rounded up at border control (where you can’t have a gun because other countries are sane), at work during a raid, or getting head bagged off the street. None of which are situations where pulling your EDC glock with one in the chamber is going to do much because they have body armor and assault rifles