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[ChileG]

A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics

A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.

www.cbsnews.com

@Callatoroy - this would be an example of the cruelty we (being most of the nation) abhor.

 

[donbosco]

I would guess that most folks with wealth beyond 100 mil take advantage of a number of shady tax shelters and exert an oversized influence on government policy which allows them to maintain their wealth.

It’s not necessarily evidence of a crime.

It is, however, evidence of the corruption of our politics and tax policy.

Dedication to Laissez-Faire capitalism and Constitutional Democratic Republicanism are a fitful pairing and when the former rules, as it will seek to do, the latter suffers often to the point of becoming nigh unrecognizable and at best a façade.

 

[wmheel1287]

Do you think that fairness dictates that these people should be executed in the street? Also still want to know what it is about a tiny fraction of them (1%) that allows them to remain alive and retain their wealth and freedom to do with it as they choose…

Being overall decent people. I have met and known a lot of very wealthy people. The lion's share i would not consider kind and/or decent. I am absolutely radically focused on the character of people. To me, there is no greater crime than the unending search for "more" with no focus on helping others. But this is also hijacking this thread. I regret that my comment launched such. If you'd like to have a separate discussion about how the ultra wealthy are a cancer on society as an overall group, you can start the thread.

 

[nycfan]

 

[Jetson]

Hmmm...but according to someone from DHS talking in the media in an article linked earlier in this thread, assaults on ICE officers are up 1300%!! Maybe this update will bring the percentage down to 1299% though. They're just doing their job after all.

 

[ChileG]

Evil and unAmerican

 

[mynameisbond]

Hmmm...but according to someone from DHS talking in the media in an article linked earlier in this thread, assaults on ICE officers are up 1300%!! Maybe this update will bring the percentage down to 1299% though. They're just doing their job after all.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics". Mark Twain (attributing to Benjamin Disraeli)

 

[StrangePackage]

Evil and unAmerican

Evil, yes. But unfortunately very American.

The Republican party has completely abandoned reason and morality. They have no principles beyond the exercise of power.