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A SWAT Team Destroyed an Innocent Woman's House. The Supreme Court Won't Hear Her Case.
Reason ^ | 12.23.2024 https://reason.com/2024/12/23/a-swat-team-destroyed-an-innocent-womans-house-the-supreme-court-wont-hear-her-case/?itm_source=parsely-api
Whether or not the government is required under the 5th Amendment to pay such victims will remain an open question.The Supreme Court last month declined to hear a case from an elderly woman whose house was destroyed by a SWAT team, leaving open the question of whether or not innocent people are constitutionally entitled to compensation when law enforcement lays waste to their property in pursuit of public safety. In July 2020, while chasing a fugitive, police arrived at Vicki Baker's home in McKinney, Texas. They threw dozens of tear gas grenades inside, used explosives to break the front...
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https://trivent-publishing.eu/img/cms/4-%20PJCV%207-2-%20Julien%20Lysenko.pdf
Julien Lysenko
Abstract: This article explores the differences and intellectual affinities between Jacques Ellul and René Girard on the question of violence in today’s world. In this respect, both thinkers share the conviction that violence has changed form because of material and spiritual factors. The presentation of these factors will enable us to show the differences, but above all the complementarities, between Girard and Ellul. Finally, based on these two authors, the article sketches out an attempt to describe the future of violence.
Just sayin’
Merry Christmas
Q. I S ALL MANKIND INTRINSICALLY V I O L E N T …?????
Q. WHAT I S A “G E N T L E
-M A N … ????
According to the author, Ellul's alternative is the White Savior showering the Third World with His Wisdom. Isn't that part of what got us here in the first place? Prayer may be the only alternative. They have apps for that.