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[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (15 children)
[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 9 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

What the fuck?

The agents were conducting a routine roving patrol when they stopped Bauckholt and a female in the town close to the border. During a records check, the unidentified female occupant was removed from the vehicle for further questioning, broke free, and began shooting at the agents, the incident report shows.

After the female suspect was hit by return fire, Bauckholt emerged from the vehicle and also began firing on the agents. He sustained gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead.

....... What the fuck?

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The zizian angle makes this so weird. Like, on top of probably being stopped for driving while trans, they might have instigated the shootout to prove to the basilisk that their parallel universe selves/simulated iterations/eternal souls can't be acausally blackmailed.

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ziz is a boogeyman figure to them at this point. I think its deliberate to deflect from the sex abuse stuff (ziz was a part of that whole controversy).

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah there is so much untold in the reporting and I'm not going to trust either tpots or border cops. I have no idea whatsoever what to make of this.

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 6 points 5 hours ago

Maybe someone will finally write that article…

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