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DHS shot her and called her a “terrorist.” New videos show something different. (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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Newly released body camera footage further undermines the Trump administration’s efforts to falsely portray Marimar Martinez—who was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum in October—as a “domestic terrorist.” Federal prosecutors shared three videos on Tuesday evening after a federal judge ruled last week that the footage and other evidence could be made public.

The videos released on Tuesday shed further light on why prosecutors dropped charges against Martinez rather than try to bring a case against her to trial.

The newly released evidence is also part of a pattern. It is one of many examples of DHS immigration agents lying and providing false information to justify shootings and other uses of excessive force against US citizens and immigrants. These claims have collapsed again and again once DHS is forced to defend them in court.

Martinez’s case follows this pattern. DHS initially claimed their force was justified because Border Patrol agents “were ambushed by domestic terrorists that rammed federal agents with their vehicles.” Once in court, evidence showed something much different. Like in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, DHS might have gotten away with its false claims about Martinez were it not for the video evidence that contradicted its account.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If the USA returns to normal, shut down DHS.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Historical lesson from first hand experience. There is no return to normal. Political history has no undo button. The social and psychological changes that created and have been caused by this administration are permanent. The USA will never be the same.

Dealing with it in a "go back" POV is a losing strategy. It disconnects from reality. Instead go for a forward thinking approach, face the conflict and reality head on or you will be forever at the mercy of the dictator.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I partially disagree and two examples exist. Germany and Japan. However, both countries were destroyed and millions of people died because of a bunch fucking lunatics.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I wouldn't say that neither Germany nor Japan had a normal that they went back to after WWII. Both countries are politically, demographically and culturally very different today from their pre war selves.