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The US regime just executed another innocent black man. (innocenceproject.org)
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https://innocenceproject.org/cases/marcellus-williams/

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

someone in the military describing the best way to decide who to kill

Read a book by a Navy SEAL who was in Afghanistan. He said if they were wearing black Reeboks they were fighters, shoot to kill on sight.

I'm betting he was right! But Jesus, using that as a hard criteria to execute someone?!