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ncr100yesterday at 8:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

And the "unjust" principle works in the opposite direction, nowadays, for ICE / certain US Federal employees.

Justice is supposedly enabled / supported by the law against second-degree murder. And it's is unlikely to be applied to the ICE officer who shot Renee Good unnecessarily:

- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/17/rene...


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estearumyesterday at 8:52 PM

ICE is actually routinely breaking both the letter and the spirit of the law. There are now dozens of videos of them harassing, intimidating, beating, or detaining people for exercising protected speech.

A spokesperson for DHS just last week openly said that they're allowed to arrest people based on "reasonable suspicion" which is unambiguously illegal.

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pjc50today at 12:00 AM

The ultimate expression of this is the Presidential pardon, a pass entitling privileged people to one or more free crimes.

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