The cruelty did not end with the trigger pull. Jeri Rees is the victim’s aunt. She recounts a scene of unnecessary brutality. She says agents did not rush to save the young trans man bleeding out on their doorstep. Instead they dragged him by the hood of his jacket. The collar choked him as he gasped for air. K told his family that while he lay there terrified and unable to see agents pressed his face into the pavement and into his own blood. He remembers begging for an ambulance. He remembers the response even more clearly. “You’re going to lose your eye” an agent sneered. It was not a medical assessment. It was a taunt.

7MM FROM DEATH: Shards of Glass and Metal Embedded in Protester’s Eye DATE: January 13, 2026 LOCATION: Santa Ana, California

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    You should feel sorry for victims, yes.

    You might get angry, or afraid, or even feel encouraged to effect change. However to say lol, natural selection just shows a lack of empathy.


    “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

    – Malcolm X

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      I never felt empathy towards stupid people, that’s correct. If you are a victim of your own stupidity and drive with 200km/h into a wall, I don’t feel any empathy at all. Quite weird if people feel empathy in such cases. Not all human lives matter

      The quote you posted shows how you just don’t get my point. So no use in continuing this.

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          1. I am not a US citizens. Not everybody is. There are quite a lot of people out there who are non-US.

          2. do you know the whole situation? I can see him running towards cops. Very stupid idea, especially if they said to move back. So this has nothing to do with a “peaceful assembly”

          3. peaceful assemblies mean nothing. ICE will keep on killing. They are literally immune to prosecution and will be all pardoned by Trump.