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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 4 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ikeyany ◴[29 May 20 13:05 UTC] No.23349451[source]▶
People are wondering "How far does this go? How can Twitter say this is not cool, but allow something like violent movies or games? Where's the line?"

The leader of the United States encouraging law enforcement and the military to shoot American citizens for looting, that's the line.

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jtbayly ◴[29 May 20 14:03 UTC] No.23350059[source]▶
It is literally the president’s job to command the military. If he gives a warning that looting will lead to shooting, it is not glorifying violence. It is a statement of fact.

And looting always leads to shooting, regardless of who is saying it.

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1. philjohn ◴[29 May 20 18:33 UTC] No.23353759[source]▶
First of all, look up the Posse Comitatus Act.

Next, the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments to the United States constitution. Telling armed forces to shoot unarmed people because they happen to be looting (e.g. when there is no imminent threat to life) is summary execution and unconstitutional.

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2. zo1 ◴[29 May 20 18:58 UTC] No.23354088[source]▶
Sure and let's ignore the fact that if anyone stayed in those shops and tried to prevent protestors from "protesting", they'd just be peacefully left alone by those violent criminals because... Some random X-th amendment?

How about martial law, seeing as we're throwing around unrelated legal laws and concepts?

Either way, these ridiculous "protests" indicate a complete break down of society and the government should be sending in the military to arrest people.

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3. Rebelgecko ◴[29 May 20 19:00 UTC] No.23354114[source]▶
The Posse Comitatus act only applies to the Army and Air Force. It's DoD policy to pretend that it also covers the Marines and other branches, but AFAIK not a legal requirement. Even then, the Insurrection Act gives the Feds power to use the military as law enforcement in case of severe civil unrest (like the LA riots)
4. philjohn ◴[29 May 20 22:02 UTC] No.23356063[source]▶
Martial law doesn't allow summary execution either.