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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 126 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

"And they just got out of the car with the guns in their hands and say, turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window, you know," Machado said. "Everything was really fast."

Machado said the officers told him the name of a man for whom they said they had a deportation order, and who had purportedly given Machado's home address. He said he offered to show his Virginia driver's license—a Real ID requiring proof of lawful status to acquire—but "they didn't ask for any ID."

"I was telling the officer, if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving," Machado told Quiñonez. "After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me. And then he went to me and said how did I get into this country and if I was waiting for a court date or if I have any case. And I told him I was an American citizen, and he looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, 'Do you believe him?'"

Congratulations, sir. You have successfully avoided being beaten or shot by ICE officers because you kept calm and followed instructions. Now let your mind wander to how the scenario will play out when they pull over your teenage son or daughter. Will your child stay calm? Or will they be terrified and panic and do something that gives the officers the excuse they need to beat them bloody or even kill them?

You voted for hate. You got it.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You mean he got lucky and didn't receive conflicting orders like "keep your hands up and lay on the ground. " Your only option is to face plant, but the fast movement of doing that will scare the officers too.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

One of the most horrific things I've ever seen.

Out of the other 10000 most horrific things I've seen done by cops.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now let your mind wander to how the scenario will play out when they pull over your teenage son or daughter.

Conservatives are literally unable to feel empathy

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 22 points 1 day ago

Conservatives can often learn to feel 1 specific form of empathy, but only after it personally affects someone in their life and only for that single issue.

[–] Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget lucky that the officers didn't start giving conflicting commands. Yelling "freeze" and "put your hands up" then shooting and later claiming "oh I thought he was reaching for a weapon, I feared for my life."

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That reminds me of that murder of the homeless guy by those cops video that was circulating years ago.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

Makes me think of the shooting of Daniel Shaver. They kept yelling out commands that even a sober person couldn't understand (Shaver was intoxicated during the incident).

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't recognize and ice vehicle, and I'd assume I'm about to be carjacked or worse.