US strikes boat, six killed
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U.S. forces struck a boat off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said, asserting the vessel carried drug smugglers he called "narcoterrorists."
by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Spurrett
again, merely political consequences for wanton murder aren't enough.
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by David Rothschild Reposted by Brendan Nyhan
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by Victor Asal
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists
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"The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects."
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"U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new [unlwaful] strike off Venezuela"
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Reposted by Jason Lyall
The US Navy could easily interdict these vessels and seize persons/goods.
That Trump II is instead playing judge, jury, and executioner from the sky despite any imminent threat is antithetical to a democratic republic.
Reposted by David R. Miller
Making at least five such US strikes.
Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.
POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
Reposted by Alfie Kohn
Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy.
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Reposted by Beatriz Gallardo Paúls
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