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‘ICE Kidnapping’ Signs Are Popping Up Around D.C. —And the White House Is Freaking Out (mhtntimes.com)

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “These smears have led to a 1,000% increase in assaults against our officers — including terrorist threats, vehicle attacks, and bounties on their heads.”

I'd love to see the data to back that up.

Also, we can do better. Why not a 10,000% increase? Or a 100,000% increase?

Like the man in the stall said to the guy waiting, "Gimme time baby, gimme time"

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Id love to see the names and badge numbers of those officers that were assaulted. Also the names and badges of those who witnessed it and any bodycam footage.

Hold onto those names and footage for charging them after the fascists fall and these people need to be held to account.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An incredibly convenient property of small numbers is that if you add a small number to a very small number, the % increase is orders of magnitude larger than both numbers combined and that looks very impressive when you are pretending to do statistics.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, that was the joke

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was attempting to add to/build on the joke. Apologies if I came off as doing anything else.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 week ago

No worries, it read to me like you were explaining the bit without seeing the joke

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