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Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting; Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents

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So you don't think it matters? A bruise or something more serious is irrelevant to whether it was a justified shooting or not? Is that what you believe?
I'm not a lawyer, so I'll leave the legal intricacies to them. Again, we were discussing word choice and how that affects public perception.
 
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Well, we know the patients name and identity, we know what they were treated for, so there is not much of a HIPPA violation left. Release the full medical documentation and photos so we can prove to those people claiming it's just a bruise how serious the injuries the office received from a domestic terrorist turning an 8000 pound vehicle into a deadly weapon. That will support the administrations claims and shut these agitators up.
 
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We weren't talking about the legality of anything. We were discussing why the way things are phrased and choice of words matter when it comes to releasing information on events like this. As I said, "He went to the hospital with internal bleeding" and "He received treatment for mild bruising at the local hospital and was released later the same day" could truthfully describe the exact same sequence of events, but they will have very different impacts on public perception.
How about words like facist thugs kidnapping et al?
 
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Well, we know the patients name and identity, we know what they were treated for, so there is not much of a HIPPA violation left. Release the full medical documentation and photos so we can prove to those people claiming it's just a bruise how serious the injuries the office received from a domestic terrorist turning an 8000 pound vehicle into a deadly weapon. That will support the administrations claims and shut these agitators up.
It's an argument between it being soft sold as a bruise, and hard sold as internal bleeding.
 
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