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Defiant-Ad1364 t1_j5wvt1z wrote

Reply to comment by SnooRobots3379 in Immigrant farm worker charged with 7 murders in northern California shooting by vpuetf

I guess immigrant is less inflammatory according to Reuters than Chinese national.

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random20190826 t1_j5x9lou wrote

Chinese citizen = not American citizen due to Section 9 of China's nationality law. In immigration law, convicted felons are, in theory, deportable. Based on this logic, Mr Zhao could be deported to China. But in practice, his deportation is not likely, as he will serve life in prison in California.

In the event he is deported, because he murdered other Chinese nationals, it may make him eligible for the death penalty in China.

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Bagellord t1_j5yuwyc wrote

Hmm, I wonder what would happen if he didn't receive a life sentence? Would he serve his sentence, probably be deported afterwards, and then China might punish him (possibly/probably with death)?

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elkmeateater t1_j5z3elu wrote

They probably don't want to piss off their Chinese national stock holders.

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SnooRobots3379 t1_j5wxdlc wrote

I guess I don’t see why we need to call out race/ethnicity. An asshole is an asshole ya know?

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brgr_king_inside_job t1_j5x3ze9 wrote

white mass shooters are always called out, it's FINE!

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afk_again t1_j5yrhba wrote

I think that's because at this point we all kind of assume it.

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afk_again t1_j5yy6tn wrote

Nationalist? Isn't it usually more temper tantrum with a gun by the low status with no hope?

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SnooRobots3379 t1_j5x585a wrote

Yeah but that’s irrelevant too! I’m sick of the constant focus on race for everything though!

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RocinanteCoffee t1_j5y07ue wrote

I think because it being during the Lunar New Year celebration and a lot of Asian victims the article wanted to give context.

Race aside, I was more shocked at how old the shooters in the last few mass shooting stories are. Most mass shooters are in their 20s and 30s, not senior citizens.

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SnooRobots3379 t1_j5y1e7t wrote

Haha fair enough. Did they have to do him dirty and call him pudgy though? Lol

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Gone213 t1_j5ypuk2 wrote

You haven't seen how entrenched propaganda is targeted towards older Asian people, especially older Asian men. It's pretty much fox news on steroids that targets them.

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