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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz -2 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Some reason to believe they're not drug boats?

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Presumption of innocence.

Also, a long history of the US government engaging in fraud and slander as an excuse to start wars, from the USS Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the WMDs in Iraq.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago

Besides that it's from the administration that lies all the time, and no proof has been shown? I guess not, though there are good arguments that the boats couldn't have reached the US and having 11 people on a smuggling boat doesn't make sense.

Then there's the fact that the crimal punishment for smuggling isn't death and they were not even charged, had a trial and found guilty.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Even if they are drug boats...this is not a crime punishable by death without due process.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

In the US, there's this lil piece of paper called the constitution. Within that is the sixth amendment which kiiiiinda gets in the way of of just killing people when the government feels like it.