With you on that. This is a bit of a “bad example.”
And someone looking in from the outside could totally make the conclusion that “they (lemmy) are totally taking this out of context! They’re a felon!”
Like you say, there’s a menagerie of actions done by this administration that are dangerous and telling of their goals.
I was talking with a colleague about this. They’ve had a lot of “gang culture” exposure.
Their opinion was it wasn’t a MS13 tattoo.
They said MS13 tattoos were notorious for being massive and blatant, not secretive and subtle.
They elaborated that gang tattoos are used for “repping” and need to be immediately clear who you’re repping for, otherwise it defeats the purpose of showing reputation and providing protection.
Just my $0.02