Daily Despot Update

Botch · January 10

JohnInCarolina said:

Hey John, could you please just post the link to the original post? None of us can click on the embedded link (in blue) nor the video, from a screenshot.
Thanks.

Oh, and a newer body cam video of this incident just surfaced; rump’s new Brownshirts have been totally exposed.

StillH2OEgger · January 10

Nobody should be shocked CBS took this analysis down.

Canugghead · January 10

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Hey John, could you please just post the link to the original post? None of us can click on the embedded link (in blue) nor the video, from a screenshot.
Thanks.

Oh, and a newer body cam video of this incident just surfaced; rump’s new Brownshirts have been totally exposed.

This?

https://youtu.be/GAdwqeUFXxI?si=4rizQNdfAo0V5ZbO

TheToast · January 10

Poster in London this week near the US embassy. If you’re not familiar with the slang term, you can probably guess what it is

GrateEggspectations · January 10

@Canugghead

Nope. Not that one.

Not the original video, but a written interview. I wonder if this is a sanitized version of the one @JohnInCarolina linked.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/ice-shooting-minneapolis-retired-agent-video-analysis/

Some highlights:
- The latest policy for ICE and DHS agents, which was last updated in 2023, gives only two acceptable reasons for an officer to fire a weapon into a moving vehicle — when the driver or someone inside the vehicle has a deadly weapon, or when the vehicle itself is a threat and no other reasonable defensive option exists, including moving out of the way.
- The officers are not heard identifying themselves.
- Getting in front of a vehicle is almost inducing a shooting if the person flees.

- Fleeing is not a justification for use of deadly force, the threshold for which is imminent danger.
- Good appeared to be trying to flee.

- Law enforcement’s role is to de-escalate.

JohnInCarolina · January 10

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Hey John, could you please just post the link to the original post? None of us can click on the embedded link (in blue) nor the video, from a screenshot.
Thanks.

With anything like this, the video can be obtained simply by typing the title into YouTube’s search bar. Here it is:

https://youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?si=T0_i6vRnKoAh1tzj

JohnInCarolina · January 10

This is a fascinating exchange with lots of detail in particular about the US involvement with Venezuela and Ukraine:

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/phillips-obrien-on-venezuela-and

Some of it is a little outdated on VZ since it was from Tuesday and things are moving so quickly, but the rest is really interesting. For those of you following the news, I think it’s worth your time.