Jon Favreau
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And so look, it's self-evident that Alex Pretty was never a threat.
He was not a terrorist.
He was being brutally assaulted by half a dozen big armed men before he was executed with 10 bullets.
Like not only was he only holding his phone, like he had his other hand up, right?
Like he did what for years, conservatives have told mostly young black men in this country that the way you avoid getting killed by the cops is you have both hands up like this.
And he did both of those things.
And he was executed in cold blood in the middle of the day on the street in front of
dozens of people.
So it is an enraging, horrifying tragedy, and he's a hero, and I hope people remember him that way.
I want to talk about the line because I think it is the most chilling part to me.
Because I think we are so used to because we now have a reality TV show president.
We have a bunch of Fox pundits running the cabinet.
We are so used to like, well, we're all in this political warfare with each other.
And so one side lies and the other side lies.
These are the people in charge of the federal government, which is the most powerful entity on the planet.
They control just enough manpower, enough weaponry to destroy the whole world.
This is the Department of Homeland Security.
It's not immigration officials.