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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Sorry to say that the fast majority of German Nazis did not only get off without any form of repercussions after 1945, they often even kept their jobs in government. The Nürnberg and subsequent trials only covered the high profile cases, that had not successfully fled. For the Nürnberg trials that were 22 people, while the subsequent trials only found 2,500 of 100,000 arrested Germans guilty of war crimes. Of those only 177 were tried, 142 were convinced and 25 were sentenced to death. These numbers also exclude the 1,600 German scientists, engineers and technicians that the US government took with project paperclip.

And it wasn't for a lack of documents.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are a surprising amount of German surnames in Argentina and Brazil

[–] WoodScientist 1 points 6 days ago

Those were the evil Germans immigrating after the war. Not to be confused with the fine upstanding Ohio Hitlers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

One stay in Germany and become the rector of a managerial university, died in 2000ish with national funeral

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Dox them all, let 4chan sort them out

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

4chan

I've got some bad news...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

pretty sure they’re back as of like yesterday

[–] untakenusername 4 points 6 days ago

yup, checked

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

You can starve the trolls, but you can't ever get rid of them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

pretty sure the ice agents are the ones posting on 4chan

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

there should be publicized webpages of all ice and cbp agents all over the internet. just dox them all and their families.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Perhaps a federated platform for it?

[–] kersploosh 87 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

How so? Masked men grabbed Rumeysa Ozturk off the street, caught on camera and even questioned by passers by. I haven't seen their identites released, and I don't see how it will happen unless the federal government wants it to happen.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

You're speaking of the now.

I'm speaking about after this regime falls, and it's time to to account for the crimes against humanity.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They can just scrub everything before they lose power. Remind me what happened with the phones of the Secret Service when they were investigating Trump?

They are using Signal as we've seen with Leaky Pete. Signal deletes all the info automatically after some time. Since it's an end to end encrypted messaging app nobody can recover those messages. Not even Signal themselves. Who's to say they aren't using in other instances as well.

And finally, Trump can pardon the lot of them and they will never see justice.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They did it during Black Lives Matter. Would cover their faces, remove their badges, and use rental cars to pull people off the street and disappear them. It's happening now with ICE.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

We went to Centennial park in Atlanta and were actually relieved to see the National Guard deployed there (summer 2020) because it meant that we would be less likely to be shot

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be clear:

ICE agents have home addresses. They have lives away from work. People in their lives, from family members to acquaintances, who have direct knowledge of them being ICE agents.

Start collecting identifying information, that will help apprehend them after this regime falls.

When this regime falls; they won't permit being voted out of office.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why wait until after? These people need to be named and shamed. Prosecute them while we still have the ability to do so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I can see no issue with resisting in any way plausible in any moment, from the present moving forward.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We need a wiki where regular people can document and store evidence on the nazis, fascists and enablers currently destroying America. Not just ICE, but everyone. A place where sleuths can unmask and put a name on the worst of them. Where hackers can upload ICE payroll or employee databases. Perhaps even put together an interactive map showing where these people live so their neighbors can be safe.

Once the bastards see their names in print with proof of their crimes out in public perhaps they'll realize how short their future is. Otherwise it'll come in handy for the trials.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be the change you want to see.

Start documenting.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Something like that would have to be ultimately physically hosted by someone outside the US to prevent it from being shut down so... Anyone got any foreign friends u/[email protected] can talk to?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can we do it playing card style like they did with the 9/11 terrorists and pick them off one by one for funsies?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't this essentially WikiLeaks?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I doubt next democratic admin will do anything about it.

Y'all got too much faith in the regime.

If maybe if AOC gets it, but they will neuter her

We haven't had a real president since JFC.... Just useful regime whores

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't think there's gonna be a Nuremberg trials this time around

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Don't have to wait for trials. Operation anthropoid is an example of some chads taking matters into their own hands.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (13 children)

You can evade justice if your Reich lasts long enough.

It's sad when old corrupt criminals just outlive any repercussions, and the systems that shields them becomes the norm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Even if WW2 was won by Germany, nazis were the targets of assassinations. They would not have been safe for the rest of their life.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These are going to be an easy Nuremberg Trials once we get past this

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