Has this ever happened before?

This must be unprecedented, that a government leader, elected by a fairly narrow majority, creates a largely unaccountable quasi military “state security” force, to act on his will?

Surely?

Posted By: APB on January 8th 2026 at 13:09:37

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RIP innocent woman murdered in USA (previously the land of the free) 😢 (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 12:02:14
- Switch the engine off... when 4 people with guns asked (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jan 8, 19:23:26
  - 4 random masked gunmen who had no authority to detained you? (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 8, 20:13:53
    - We've all watched traffic cops US or seen clips. (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jan 8, 20:30:09
    - Wasn't random was it tho (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jan 8, 20:20:38
- Well said Mr Mayor (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 13:22:39
- Mother of 3 apparently - very sad BUT (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 12:53:13
  - Lies. She never did that at all. (n/m) (General Chat) - Barno, Jan 8, 16:16:50
  - Wow 😮 (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 13:10:33
    - Go away fool (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:13:25
  - they were customs and immigration officials not police (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 8, 13:02:57
    - Has this ever happened before? (General Chat) - APB, Jan 8, 13:09:37
      - can't think of any similar rotten to the core rogue countries led by a megalomanic (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 8, 13:19:10
        
        Blub (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jan 8, 13:48:11
        
        Thank God we’ve learned from history (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 8, 13:47:35
    - Agree on the last point (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:07:03
  - Well she didn't do that. (General Chat) - megson, Jan 8, 12:55:47
    - Amazes me how interpretations of events are connected to your ideology. (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 8, 12:57:07
      - Why would my ideology be linked to this? (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 12:58:58
        
        Well, presumably you understand that people with right of centre views (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 8, 13:14:26
        
        Well, more likely to agree with Trump's description of what happened too (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 13:16:22
        
        I mean we can all watch the video (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 8, 13:52:46
        
        👏🏼 (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 19:06:18
        
        To be fair, people with left of centre views can also be authoritarian (General Chat) - APB, Jan 8, 13:16:21
        
        True. However, in broad terms (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 8, 13:18:25
    - The video says otherwise (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 12:56:55
      - I've seen three videos. They do not show anything like what you're describing. (n/m) (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Jan 8, 15:29:44
      - Absolutely does not look like that to me (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 8, 13:50:13
        
        💯 (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 19:06:57
        
        I’m glad you turned up to say this (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jan 8, 15:09:38
      - The video clearly shows her turning the wheel away from the cop (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 12:58:52
        
        What was she doing there in the first place is probably a relevant question (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 12:59:38
        
        Oh just fuck off (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 8, 15:27:40
        
        It really isn't (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 8, 13:34:05
        
        Not trying to kill anyone. Result: murdered (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 13:12:21
        
        Zzzzzzzzzzzz (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:14:24
        
        You seem quite aerated about this. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 8, 13:16:17
        
        Really not (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:21:51
        
        Do we all have an ideology? (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:25:26
        
        I don't know - but you clearly do. (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 8, 13:29:55
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 13:35:16
        
        Phil I’m not interested enough in this story to debate you - sorry (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:31:29
        
        Ok 👍🏼 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 8, 13:40:53
        
        I think he’s said enough tbh 😬 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 13:46:43
        
        What a cunt (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 8, 15:28:13
        
        Indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jan 8, 19:07:32
        
        Your views based on your ideology! 🙂 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 8, 13:23:53
        
        I don’t know. Maybe shopping? (General Chat) - APB, Jan 8, 13:11:57
        
        Yeah probably shopping (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:15:00
        
        Couldn’t be doing more to prove norway correct here (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 13:32:02
        
        What do you think she was doing? (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 13:17:29
        
        I honestly don’t care (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 13:23:47
        
        Does that carry the death penalty as well? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jan 8, 14:05:25
        
        It's not true anyway (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 14:07:20
        
        Yes, and I don't know why I engaged either. DNFTT (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jan 8, 14:12:03
        
        I think it’s quite sincere tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:26:45
        
        She lived there with her family. Why do you think she didn't? (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 13:50:05
        
        Social media? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:00:24
        
        It's crazy that otherwise sane people swallow so much shit (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 14:06:57
        
        I’ll take that as a compliment 😀 (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 8, 15:02:47
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 15:04:15
        
        Might argue, based on what? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 8, 13:49:45
- Very depressing (General Chat) - APB, Jan 8, 12:30:35
  - I quit watching the news during covid. That helped so much especially when Trump (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 8, 12:53:03
    - Ha Ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 20:53:39
    - **** (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 8, 12:54:20
  - Trump's version of the video, and the video itself, are mindblowing (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 8, 12:32:20
    - Like his reaction to Charlottesville in 2017 (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 8, 12:58:42
    - what epstein files?🤔 (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 8, 12:43:11

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