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LT Barclay

(3,173 posts)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:05 PM Friday

Why did the ICE shooting happen? I think we need to look at the fact that this is a pervasive LE problem.

I think that over the years since the Vietnam era, various politicians, pundits and law enforcement officers have pushed a narrative that many criminals are "getting away with it" because they get released on "technicalities". Which often meant the officers grabbed the first black man they could find charged him with the crime, only to be released when someone with at least an average IQ stepped into the situation.
Because of this narrative, some law enforcement officers have taken it upon themselves to be judge, jury, and executioner because they don't trust the "system" to provide "justice".
If we are going to have re-education camps, we should start with law enforcement and then progress to the military. Because we have entered the era that was predicted in Star Trek TOS, where much of our population WORSHIPS the Constitution but have no idea what it means.

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Why did the ICE shooting happen? I think we need to look at the fact that this is a pervasive LE problem. (Original Post) LT Barclay Friday OP
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bye... all that time to sign up for a DU account and now gone WarGamer Friday #2
The system itself is racist, violent and oppressive. The entire system must be demolished and rebuilt. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #3
We don't know if they were evaluated and trained like LE bucolic_frolic Friday #4
But this guy wasn't an actual law enforcement official JI7 Friday #5

Response to LT Barclay (Original post)

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,374 posts)
3. The system itself is racist, violent and oppressive. The entire system must be demolished and rebuilt.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:13 PM
Friday

Abolish the police.

bucolic_frolic

(54,073 posts)
4. We don't know if they were evaluated and trained like LE
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:15 PM
Friday

They sure don't seem to use the same rules.

JI7

(93,234 posts)
5. But this guy wasn't an actual law enforcement official
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:18 PM
Friday

Many joining ICE have actually been rejected by real police departments and the military.

Many of these people are George Zimmerman types.

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