• gmtom@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I mean to give full context, that protest did end with a cop getting shot.

    But the sentences are still wildly excessive including 30 years to someone for carrying a box of magazines.

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      58 minutes ago

      First off, the shooter claims that the cop was about to murder an unarmed protestor.

      But more importantly, it was just one person who shot. Collective punishment is literally against the Geneva Convention.

      Imagine getting a 50 year prison sentence because you were peacefully protesting at a place where someone else shot a cop. By the same logic, every cop that was present when Alex Pretti was executed should have 50+ year prison sentences.