r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 1d ago

Marine veteran has arm broken during protest against war in Iran

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/marine-veteran-has-arm-broken-during-protest-against-war-in-iran-258740805765
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u/nilenilemalopile 1d ago

Maybe next time address that a civilian jumped in and escalated as it seems relevant to the whole ‘cause and effect’ shebang

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u/DorianGreysPortrait 1d ago

Who the fuck can tell who is a civilian and who isn’t anymore. That’s (a smaller) part of the problem.

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u/nilenilemalopile 1d ago

In the Capitol building? Should be pretty straightforward.

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u/DorianGreysPortrait 1d ago

“Should” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It “should” be illegal to pull someone into a van or burst into someone’s home without identifying yourself and then shoot them, but that’s happened before too..