“I’m saying it right now,” Homan said. “There’s still going to be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted.”

DHS has acknowledged that neither of the men who have been shot in recent weeks was the target of the ICE operations that led to their deaths.

A witness reported that Guerrero shouted, “I tried to stop” after being shot by an agent while his vehicle moved forward slowly.

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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (8 children)

More spread out than Chile

Is the US even that long?

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Yes actually. Chile is 2,653 miles long. The longest longitudinal distance in the continental US is 2,802 miles.

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    I used longitudinal distance because I wasn't 100% certain if the measurement for Chile is measuring a line between its two furthest points or just the distance between it's northernmost and southernmost latitudes. If it's the latter then it's a fair comparison, and if it's the former then Chile gets an unfair advantage but it doesn't change the result.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, places have geography. Let me know when you're gonna riot against you government, because if you just want to talk about latitudes and other spherical circumferences all night, I'm afraid I'm already late for a towel folding urgency.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    They do say spread out: the USA actually has a better population distribution than Chile and it's big in two dimensions, whereas Chile is incredibly tall but also incredibly narrow (think: that goth guy).

    That said, Chile is long tall: we get from above our hemisphere's tropic line to the friggin' South pole.

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