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    Just to clarify the headline: he went to a No Kings protest to document the government’s response to the protest and was hit in the eye by an ICE projectile. This was state violence against a citizen, not protestors attacking a counter-protestor or agitator.

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    I bought ballistic goggles for this reason. I’m not generally a go to a protest guy anymore (I know), but I wanted to be prepared for when the time comes.

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    Is there a lawsuit? I’m not in America, but taking a protester’s eyes sounds illegal.

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      Let me introduce you to 42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

      Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.

      Seems pretty reasonable, it’s a law that was passed just after the civil war, meant to give recently freed slaves the ability to sue over the continued efforts of the southern racists to maintain white nationalism.

      Sadly this article tells you the current state of the law.

      https://www.techdirt.com/2018/09/05/appeals-court-judge-qualified-immunity-is-rigged-game-government-almost-always-wins/

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      It would if there was a judicial system the went both ways. That’s not the case. Unless you’re already rich or in power you’re not gonna make it.

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    Welcome to naziland. Too bad martial law and full on boot-on-neck fascism will be the only response to France-inspired protest actions if executed clumsily.

    Seriously, where were these ICEfucks even raised to think what they’re doing is even remotely okay? Surely the financial benefits of performing their atrocities can’t be good enough compensation…where are they finding the internal motivation to voluntarily be so evil and fundamentally antiamerican? USA must be really good at raising bullies.

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      where are they finding the internal motivation to voluntarily be so evil and fundamentally antiamerican?

      Finding people willing to be fascist goons is never the bottleneck holding back fascism, so the answer is: The same place other fascists do.

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      You guys have guns.

      French people get their saline vials (to try and rinse out CS gas) confiscated because the cops get away with it.

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        So do the cops. Guns, and drones, and APCs, and tanks, and bombs, and weapons of mass destruction, and no hesitation about using them on citizens. They also have Flock and Palantir, so forget about organizing to take them on.