American cops know how to kill without getting in trouble. One way is to just shout STOP RESISTING while they beat, choke, suffocate, compress, taze, or shoot them to death. This usually works, even when cameras are involved (see here and here).

A better technique is to push the victim-to-be into moving. Any move will do—the cop will just say he thought he saw a gun or that the movement triggered him.

So Trump just murdered the top military commander of Iran. This is the same as slamming an arrestee’s head against the car door jam (something Trump has actually recommended), or shooting him non-lethally, or punching him, or putting your finger in the victim’s face (usually 1 mm away from his cornea) and praying that he just fucking moves.

Trump has attacked Iran. But if it fucking moves, he’s going to fucking kill it.

If you’ve ever wondered, “What if America really really conducted its foreign policy like a redneck cop?” Now it’s happened and the body cam showed it and everybody knows the game that’s being played.

It’s the old cop game of punch the black guy, hope that he moves to defend himself or protest, and kill him when he does.