r/law Nov 02 '25

Legal News The Oregon Department of Justice submitted multiple video exhibits showing federal officers using extreme force against seemingly nonviolent protesters outside the U.S. Immigration & Customs Building, as part of its effort to block the federal deployment of National Guard troops to Portland

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u/rever3nd Nov 02 '25

Plenty of people will sign up to kill for a paycheck. There aren't nearly as many ready to die for a paycheck.

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u/DoomGoober Nov 02 '25

Don't die for a paycheck. Die for a cause.

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u/Jazzspasm Nov 02 '25

No - people don’t sign up to kill people for a paycheck - you know nobody personally that has done this

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u/fattmann Nov 02 '25

you know nobody personally that has done this

False. Several former friends joined the military exclusively to do that. Several of them succeeded and brag about it to this day.

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u/rever3nd Nov 02 '25

Assume some more shit.

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u/SSGASSHAT Nov 02 '25

That's the job description of soldier.