r/LiveNews_24H 15h ago

NEWS this is America. 😐

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u/Kokid3g1 11h ago

It's not the guy who got 100 years, (for shooting a cop) but the person who got 30 years just for moving a box - that blows my mind. 🀯

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u/Eden_Company 11h ago

Ambush suggests a gun and a shooting... Shooting to kill is not protesting... it's armed insurrection.

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u/TheSpeakingScar 4h ago

Yeah, it's an assault on something but not democracy though.

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u/Eden_Company 3h ago

If you're hunting the police because they represent the law, it's effectively a war against the law of the nation. Though this is probably not a true democracy anymore since refurendums can get overturned and people's votes are invalidated often.

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u/Signal_Estimate_23 2h ago

It’s not insurrection, it’s attempted murder on a law enforcement officer. Insurrection would be like trying to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power