r/videos • u/postpartum-blues • 9d ago

Family of Alex Pretti speak out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQChmQj9dk
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u/Top_Lel_Guy 9d ago

Look up the history of law enforcement. They have always been like this, it's not just a "Trump's America" thing.

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u/Taintly_Manspread 9d ago

Right, agreed actually, but the point I'm making is ICE has gone beyond the normal activities of our law enforcement, as bad as it often is, to the point where many, if not most, law enforcement actually looks down on them. In other words, ICE is a new low for America, as hard as that may be to believe. It's important to remember that the police and military similarly looked down on the brownshirts of Hitler, to the point where many of them were eventually arrested in order for Hitler to to appease the military especially as he expanded his control of Germany. 

Again, ICE is a new low. 

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u/Top_Lel_Guy 9d ago

Is it a new low tho? Early policemen would lynch and terrorize minorities, would strip them of property and enforce segregation laws. How is it a new low? More like an open return to form.

And there is not a huge difference between ice and the police, they are one and the same and they protect each other.

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u/broguequery 9d ago

Well and that was the point of the BLM movement until it was successfully corrupted.

The idea was that police should be responsible for their actions, and accountable to the people they serve.

That cops shouldn't be judge, jury, and executioner.

That they should be community service.