Don't look away.

[Soph0571]

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Graphic mine from info sourced here: https://www.facebook.com/feministnews.us/photos/a.110963062584254/1258970131116869/?type=3&theater

It is very clear that DHS has become Trumps secret police and as the nazi in charge in that department said last night on Fox news “The department, because we don’t have that local support, that local law enforcement support, are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals. And we need to do that because we need to hold them accountable. This idea that they can attack federal property and law enforcement officers and go to the other side of the street and say ‘you can’t touch me’ is ridiculous.”

Proactively arrest individuals?!?! Not surprising that that is what they are doing, after all they are democracy hating Gilead wannabees BUT saying it out loud - heh. So the young man who is so gravely injured was proactively shot in the face? Coupled with the fact that as Holder said yesterday that one of the security forces used to occupy Portland is mainly comprised of private contractors - so they are paid for mercenaries on the streets of an American city, paid for by the American Federal Government, which is paid for by your taxes... it is an outrage. This is the kind of shit you see in somewhere like Belarus, not in the world biggest democratic super power.

I will leave you with this final thought that I read elsewhere on the interwebs: Got that, folks? Private contractors. So what has Eric Prince been doing lately? What’s the new name for Blackwater? Trump is paying Eric Prince, brother of Betsy devos, for his mercenary services. No wonder the cops have no identification on their camo uniforms! Supposition of course, but it makes a ghoulish type of sense doesn't it?

[CaptYossarian]

1. We need this on billboards in all 50 states.

Some TV PSAs would help too. No audio--that gets more attention because people look at their TVs thinking something's wrong.

There is something wrong, although the TV is fine.

[empedocles]

2. +1

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Blackwater became Xe in 2009 and Academi since 2010

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi

[RVN VET71]

4. I'm struck by the resemblance to Che

When the Bolivian fascisti displayed his dead body for the world to see.

No, I'm not even close to aligning this kids politics with Guevara's. But I am, definitely and most deliberately, aligning the politics of the fascists who killed Guevara with the fascists who tried to murder this peaceful protester.

May all fascisti die slow lingering deaths and rot for eternity in the flames of hell for who they are and for what they do to innocent people.

[RVN VET71]

7. Che in death

[lunatica]

36. Che is considered a hero in South America

He was radicalized by the oppressive poverty and mistreatment of the people at the hand of the elite.

[Kid Berwyn]

21. And thus, Wm. Barr.

Poppy’s Man, as was Che’s executioner and Bay of Pigs-to-Iran Contra veteran & wheeler-dealer, Felix Rodriguez.

When Che Guevara was executed in La Higuera, one CIA official was present--a Cuban-American operative named Félix Rodríguez. Rodríguez, who used the codename "Félix Ramos" in Bolivia and posed as a Bolivian military officer, was secretly debriefed on his role by the CIA's office of the Inspector General in June, 1975. (At the time the CIA was the focus of a major Congressional investigation into its assassination operations against foreign leaders.) In this debriefing--discovered in a declassified file marked 'Félix Rodríguez' by journalist David Corn--Rodríguez recounts the details of his mission to Bolivia where the CIA sent him, and another Cuban-American agent, Gustavo Villoldo, to assist the capture of Guevara and destruction of his guerrilla band. Rodríguez and Villoldo became part of a CIA task force in Bolivia that included the case officer for the operation, "Jim", another Cuban American, Mario Osiris Riveron, and two agents in charge of communications in Santa Clara. Rodríguez emerged as the most important member of the group; after a lengthy interrogation of one captured guerrilla, he was instrumental in focusing the efforts to the 2nd Ranger Battalion focus on the Villagrande region where he believed Guevara's rebels were operating. Although he apparently was under CIA instructions to "do everything possible to keep him alive," Rodríguez transmitted the order to execute Guevara from the Bolivian High Command to the soldiers at La Higueras--he also directed them not to shoot Guevara in the face so that his wounds would appear to be combat-related--and personally informed Che that he would be killed. After the execution, Rodríguez took Che's Rolex watch, often proudly showing it to reporters during the ensuing years.

SOURCE: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/

PS: I hate murderers - especially state-sanctioned ones. Che led a friend of my family’s to the firing squad.

[jaxexpat]

5. tears

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

6. KnR

[usaf-vet]

8. Why do the MAGA hat wearers think they are going to BE spared they are not. They are like...

..... beer bottles they serve a great purpose of getting a cold beer of your choice to your lips. Some will be useful for minutes some will last a little longer. BUT at some point, they will become USELESS trash. Tossed away with no more thought than spitting on the sidewalk.

The MAGA boys and girls think their life is going to get better with Trump. Listen real close we have all heard the clank of the spent beer bottle tossed into the trash under the bar. Listen close because that is EXACTLY what Trump will do to you when you have served your purpose.


When that reality finally strikes home there will be thousand of us ready to tell YOU. To Trump, you are an empty unneeded beer bottle.

WE TOLD YOU SO!

[Joinfortmill]

9. I said a prayer for him and for our country.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. "mercenaries on the streets of an American city, paid for by the American Federal Government"

Blackwater was my first thought as well. We need answers now Congress.

[Ferrets are Cool]

40. Bullets and tear gas paid for by US, the tax payers.

[struggle4progress]

11. The thugs fired a rubber bullet at the head of kid who was standing alone, holding up a sign

They're chicken-shits

[Soph0571]

13. They are brown shirts

They are bullies of the worst kind

[3Hotdogs]

12. Why isn't this a campaign issue?

Nuthin' from Biden or federal candidates?

If its there, I missed it.


Only response is from Lincoln Project.

[bobbieinok]

14. Text explanation with photo v important--many unaware skull, face fractured!

I had seen photo. Had not realized how severe the damage is

Can family sue the feds to pay bills?

If only Trump personally could be made to pay for his medical bills and for his
therapy (physical and psychological)

[kacekwl]

15. We also need to figure out if the paid contractors

are the ones who are causing property destruction and violence at these protests. Has anyone asked the peaceful protesters who is responsible? If we want to get support from the voting public the destruction and violence has to stop or the perpetrators have to be identified. As long as Trump can point to tv news video of burning and shit thrown at police theses Nazi goons will stay and grow in numbers.

[niyad]

16. KNR

[70sEraVet]

17. That shot was no accident

There was no 'riot' going on. The young man was shot while standing still, holding a speaker above his head, a perfect target. The shot was, as the photo shows, right between the eyes.
NO EXCUSE FOR THIS!

[Scarsdale]

19. Taxpayers need to DEMAND

to know who is paying these mercenaries. If the money is coming from the treasury, it needs to STOP immediately. I do believe the goons are responsible for all the destruction, in order to facilitate this atrocity.

[raging moderate]

18. Is there a GoFundMe for Donavan LaBella?

I like to ask at DU because I am not savvy about anything.

[70sEraVet]

20. Here's a link to gofundme

https://www.gofundme.com/f/donation-labella

[raging moderate]

22. Thank you!

I just donated! This poor kid! He has his whole life ahead of him! PS The family said there has been some slight improvement, but not much.

[NBachers]

43. Thank you - Donated

[kimbutgar]

23. I'm beginning to be more scared of the MF45 administration thugs than COVID 19

Yesterday was the first day I stopped being so optimistic retaining our democracy would hold in this country.

[SoonerPride]

25. That's what they want. Distract and scare you

Don't let them

[kimbutgar]

26. Thank you

I was driving today and heard on Thom Hartmann some disturbing stuff and got really nervous. I want to be optimistic and have that pos gone from the whitehouse.

[CanonRay]

24. Been wondering myself if these are Prince's guys

There'd be a huge paper trail if they are actually Federal agents. They have to be detailed to Portland, paid per diem, hotels, rental vans etc.

[lunatica]

38. I believe Prince is involved up to his eyeballs

Who has the knowledge about how to do this? He does.

[RussBLib]

27. If you want to arrest someone who you know has...

defaced federal property, that is being REACTIVE, not proactive. Proactive is arresting someone who you think MIGHT commit a crime which oought to be illegal.

[soldierant]

28. Can I assume we have permission to share your graphic elsewhere

of course not for financial gain but ti increase its visibility?

[Soph0571]

30. Of course

Please feel free - spread this far and wide!

[BobTheSubgenius]

32. Excellent gif, btw.

[soldierant]

35. It seemed more than likely --- but I like to have explicit permission.

Thank you so much for making it.

[lillypaddle]

29. Why tf doesn't the press bring up this particular case

along with the Navy veteran who was beaten for just standing there????

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. I don't mean this to sound flippant, facetious, or anything but serious and true.

Despite all appearances, he is lucky it hit him in the forehead. The forehead is much more capable of taking impact than other parts of the skull. A blow like that to the temple would probably have killed him, and quickly.

The sick fuck(s) who did this, and ordered it done, should have some very dire consequences coming their way. I was going to say "animals" but there are few animals that do things that are unnecessarily cruel.

[Fozzledick]

37. They were aiming for his eye - a direct hit can penetrate to the brain and kill.

They knew that because standard training for the use of this weapon is NOT to aim at the head for just that reason.

This was a deliberate murder attempt.

[smiboy1956]

33. End game

I think Trump is basically a terrorist. I'm afraid he is attempting to
stir up his MAGA base so they will come out of their mobile homes
with guns blazing.

[SunSeeker]

34. Horrible.

[warmfeet]

39. This is not the country I want to live in.

I will stay here and work to fix it.

How can a single person in this country think that this is acceptable?

[keithbvadu2]

41. DHS Employees Are Worried The Portland Protest Response Is Destroying Their Agency's Reputation

"Disturbing And Demoralizing": DHS Employees Are Worried The Portland Protest Response Is Destroying Their Agency’s Reputation

Not very many of them.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142543084

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/dhs-employee-anger-over-portland-protest-response

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

42. Pissolini's supporters enable this.

They should never be graced with the label "pro-life" by any person or media outlet.