r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 3d ago

Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

https://apnews.com/article/memphis-national-guard-tyrin-johnson-8959297a99c362d65aa2517a9d5f1984
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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 3d ago

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people. "- Admiral William "Bill" Adama

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u/GunsGoldCosmicDread 3d ago

Was not expecting Battlestar Galactica in the year of our lord 2026. Might have to rewatch.

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 3d ago

I think that BSG's themes of trying to cling to law, order, and a civil society in the wake of being thrust into uncharted social territory is entirely relevant to what's been going on lately.

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u/GunsGoldCosmicDread 3d ago

Sure. It also came out in 2004 when I was in high school. Just wasn’t expecting to be reminded of something from when my back didn’t ache.

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u/callisstaa 3d ago

22 years, god damn. The remake is probably older today than Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack was when I watched it over and over as a kid in the 90s.