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[a character looks sad in front of a sad city, under the sunset]
Things aren't looking great…
It sucks when the state kills people
Wish we could do something about it

[the character is now in front of their TV, showing ICE agents surrounding a bleeding corpse on the floor]
Wait… this time they killed WHITE people
This means it could happen to me too?!

[an angry crowd is demonstrating, holding various signs such as…]
THIS TIME YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR
I DRAW THE LINE HERE
TOLERATE NO MORE

2025-31-12, Keith Porter, shot and killed by ICE agents
2025-09-12, Silverio Villegas González, shot and killed by ICE agents
2025-07-28, Jaime Alanis Garcia, shot and killed by ICE agents

27 shootings by ICE in 2025,
8 of which were lethal

31 deaths in ICE custody in 2025

11 deaths in ICE custody in 2024
7 deaths in ICE custody in 2023
3 deaths in ICE custody in 2022
5 deaths in ICE custody in 2021
18 deaths in ICE custody in 2020
9 deaths in ICE custody in 2019
9 deaths in ICE custody in 2028

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But trying to whinge about it right now is only going to inflame tensions between the people who should be united.

The exact intended goal

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's like, a goddamn tidal-wave of shills and instigators coming out of the woodwork right now, Lemmy is no exception.

Some people just want to watch the world burn and don't actually want good outcomes.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah. Pretty weird in this case because this angle has been pushed for a few weeks and I've not seen it go uncontested yet, but it keeps cropping up. As if to say "what's important is not where we are, but how racist everyone besides me was on the way here". Which is just dumb. No one is denying racism is part of it. But it's just brainless to think they can get away with this messaging and totally dodge the glaring fact that these recent killings are on fucking video. As if there could ever be a world where video doesn't hit human beings harder than depressing news headlines. That's clearly most of why these killings are getting such a reaction. Throughout the history of video that has made a difference. It's even responsible for decreasing racism. Like with the Rodney King beating video.