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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 89 points 1 day ago (5 children)

So has anyone here watched it? Other than Streisand effect, is there any reason for the fuss?

[–] breezeblock@lemmy.ca 237 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I have. It merely presents evidence for what we already knew: CECOT tortures inmates and sending non criminal Venezuelans there with no due process is morally wrong, inhumane, and maybe illegal.

Censoring it is merely pro regime propaganda. 60 minutes asked for a DHS response and they refused. There’s nothing wrong with the reporting.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and maybe illegal.

it's definitely illegal.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For now anyway.

If I recall the only reason US rights apply to non-us citizens is a supreme court ruling. Scary to think about those implications

Probably breaks some international law too

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Fourteenth amendment’s equal protection clause says “no person shall be denied equal protection”, not “no citizen”

the same distinction is made in the fifth, “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without the due process of law”

The constitution is actually quite clear.

Edit to clarify: the SCROTUS is definitely going to come up with some reason to explain why words do not mean what they mean, but both trump’s actions and siding with him like that are in fact impeachable.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah it is, but like you said unless congress grows a pair scotus is rouge

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 day ago

It sounds like CBS's controversial new boss censored it, rather than the DHS.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Saying “it doesn’t push the ball forward” is such incredible bullshit too. Even if there’s nothing new, giving it awareness is still pushing the ball forward.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

...giving it awareness is still pushing the ball forward.

100%.

I felt physically sick the last (very rare) time I checked my Nextdoor, and a person reporting ICE activity was getting brigaded with "BuT tHeY'rE ArReStiNg CriMiNaLs AnD pRoTeCtiNg Us" type comments. Like I was seriously HOPING this was bot farm activity. Like it's heartbreakingly painful to see people that are sincerely that stupid.

The more irrefutable proof of these crimes, the more the "I'll believe anything I hear" normies will accept the truth as "common knowledge", and the hardline fascists get further discredited and ridiculed in public discourse.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone else linked it below (https://ia802801.us.archive.org/15/items/insidececot/60minutesCECOTsegment.mp4).

It's only a 15 minute watch, so worth checking out. The TLDW is that the US government is sending non-criminals seeking asylum to be tortured in El Salvador. 97% of people sent there have no criminal record. The people there were beaten, sexually assaulted, starved, denied access to medical care and clean water, forced to remain in stress positions, subject to bright light 24 hours a day, and/or thrown in pitch black isolation cells with no light.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is nothing surprising about the video if you’ve been keeping up with the news and not making excuses. It’s just confirmation of what I’ve known.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's not a surprise to those of us, still scrolling through this thread of interest. And yet, there's still more people who weren't sure if the prior claims were true and yet more that still don't give a fuck.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

Its a fully substantiated story about knowing US complicity in human rights abuses, that was pulled last minute because the government chose not to comment.

Judge for yourself.

It’s simply a professional-grade investigative story on the conditions that were largely already known in bits and pieces; it rolls all of that up into a single segment, and is additionally corroborated by some people who were deported and thrown into CECOT without any justification.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Besides the blatant censorship by a Trump sycophant?

[–] logi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, that's the, question. Is there anything interesting in the videos.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why not watch the video and see? It's quite appalling. This is a brutal 24/7 torture hole that the USA is kidnapping innocent people and disappearing them to.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It shows the truth behind illegal detainment. Which is diametrically opposed to the stance given by Trump and his suck ups.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

put trump in there.

-the monkey paw curls a finger...-