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Pentagon admits it doesn't 'positively ID' people before boat strikes kill them: lawmaker
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Even if they were 100% certain of who they were, murdering people over drugs is fucking insane. If they're in your territory and you want to arrest them and put them through the justice system, okay, but just straight up killing them is evil.
Torpedoing the prop blades or disabling the engine to interdict and board is something the Coasties practice regularly for drug missions, we know how to shoot to disable and to kill. Blowing up the whole boat is straight up murder