The story says that the recent stabbings are responsible for sparking this most recent escalation of the ‘threat level assessment’, but seems to keep mum on which groups would be represented in the rightwing terrorist threats. Does that include people demonstrating against the ongoing genocide, or not? Are we talking neo-Nazis, or have they once again lumped all resistance to Zionism into anti-Semitism?

Black communities and anti-war activists.

“What do you mean that broad legal and culturally normalized abuse hasn’t brought them to heel like dogs? Who TF do they think they are, resisting efforts to crush them under heel like insects?”

Absolutely they do, it’s just that there aren’t as many available for service to officers as rental agency vans/SUVs. It’s expensive to rig up floor model vehicles that way, and they’re typically sold from auto manufacturers to PDs/Sheriff’s on special order (with a backlog to suit the additional modification time).

wheels are often black with a central, circular, silver hub.

Bingo, the tires are always the big giveaway for me. Virtually no other car on the road will have them, and if I’m not mistaken, sale of them is restricted as they’re resistant to puncture (Spike Strips, etc.). The odd example that you see might simply be a discharged PD model sold at auction after its service life has elapsed, Impala, Crown Victorias, etc.

Not seeing it out here in the .world instance, but then again I’m not engaging with trans, autism, or furry communities as much as I think that you are. Sounds as though you’ve caught a homophobe troll’s attention, owing to the KYS & astroturfing DM, and false reporting. Bounce this upstairs to your instance’s mods, and let others know who they are.

Fuck yeah, bud’, I’m here for it.

What kind of liquor did Nike’s CEOs trade for the rights to the swoosh?

OK so the forum is No Stupid Questions, but OP, I want for you to input a query into the search engine of your choice: “Which nations have thermonuclear weapons?”

Speaking from experience, it’s always most appreciated when those who’re able take the time to bring water and/or hot coffee. Good on you for chipping in, if you’re stuck at work, you could still recruit friends and family to run it down for you.

Yes, as surely as it was yesterday, the week and month beforehand.

Spot on, some of the new footage, particularly the slowed, zoomed and stabilized version of the events recorded by Pink Coat Woman are particularly clear. Grey Coat ICE disarmed Mr. Pretty just seconds before Black Beanie ICE shot him in the back. This shit is unforgivable.

That would seem to track as things stand now. I was thinking that he’d simply drawn his sidearm, but it makes much more sense for him to have grabbed Mr. Pretti’s pistol once he’d been disarmed.

I see him now, I’ve been reviewing comments on other threads and reviewing the clips. It appears as though he may have been the one who first discharged a firearm; https://media.thelemmy.club/rapidsave.com_3rd_angle_of_todays_shooting-rqrfifu9mcfg1.mp4

In watching the above clip on a 0:02 repeat before the first firearm retort, and can just barely make out distortion extending out from the muzzle in the middle of the frame (0:39-0:40). I think that Grey Coat ICE may indeed have fired the first round, setting the rest of the event in motion.

Ah, sorry, I think that I misunderstood. You think that ICE Grey Coat collected the pistol that had been disarmed from Mr. Pretti? I was under the impression that he was holding his service weapon. I’m watching the above clip on a 0:02 repeat before the first firearm retort, and can just barely make out distortion extending out from the muzzle in the middle of the frame (0:39-0:40). I think that he may indeed have fired the first round, setting the rest of the event in motion.

That’s good to know, narrows it down at the very least.

Oh shit, that tan object that spills out of the dogpile, that was Pretti’s pistol (highlighted for context)? I’d assumed that it was some miscellaneous piece of kit from one of the ICE goons that had been knocked loose.

I’ve taken a close look at the footage available, and although he’s one of several ICE agents with a pistol unholstered, his doesn’t appear to be the one initially discharged (at least from what I’m able to observe).

I’m not forgetting it at all, just commenting on the situation more immediately applicable to the pigs murdering him. Make of that what you will, but I’m not boosting ICE or going to bat trying to justify their killing.