When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing

[C_Clayton_Jones]

International law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life, which includes extrajudicial killing. This norm is codified in every major human rights treaty and has attained jus cogens status as a non-derogable norm in international law. In the United States, the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) establishes civil liability for extrajudicial killing.

When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing – Columbia Human Rights Law Review

hrlr.law.columbia.edu

Is the blowing up of a boat 1,000 miles away from the US an example of trump getting bored with breaking US law so he wanted to extend his reach? Maybe. We don't know cuz we have very little info to go on. One thing we do know is nothing this government tells us can be trusted. Distrust and verify is the necessary approach.

But some officials at the Defense Department privately expressed concern on Wednesday about the administration’s shifting narratives, including where the vessel was headed. Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.

The secretary said in Mexico City that drug cartels and traffickers, including those on the boat, “pose an immediate threat to the United States, period.”

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html

Is there any legal authority? Does it matter to a guy who rolls out of bed wondering which law to break today? Does immunity for the prez, invented by the SC, count in the Hague? Was Don irritated by his puffy ankles and decided to take it out on some guys going fishing? I'm not sure we'll ever find out.

Trump is a criminal and convicted felon, he has contempt for the rule of law.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Those drugs were headed here, regardless of stopovers.

The Russians are dropping grenades from drones onto civilians in Ukraine, just for sport.

The Trump regime is corrupt and dishonest, nothing Trump says can be believed.

 

[Woodznutz]

The Trump regime is corrupt and dishonest, nothing Trump says can be believed.

He'll be gone in 3 years or so. We can drag our feet that long.

 

[BackAgain]

International law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life, which includes extrajudicial killing. This norm is codified in every major human rights treaty and has attained jus cogens status as a non-derogable norm in international law. In the United States, the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) establishes civil liability for extrajudicial killing.

When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing – Columbia Human Rights Law Review

hrlr.law.columbia.edu

Is the blowing up of a boat 1,000 miles away from the US an example of trump getting bored with breaking US law so he wanted to extend his reach? Maybe. We don't know cuz we have very little info to go on. One thing we do know is nothing this government tells us can be trusted. Distrust and verify is the necessary approach.

But some officials at the Defense Department privately expressed concern on Wednesday about the administration’s shifting narratives, including where the vessel was headed. Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.

The secretary said in Mexico City that drug cartels and traffickers, including those on the boat, “pose an immediate threat to the United States, period.”

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html

Is there any legal authority? Does it matter to a guy who rolls out of bed wondering which law to break today? Does immunity for the prez, invented by the SC, count in the Hague? Was Don irritated by his puffy ankles and decided to take it out on some guys going fishing? I'm not sure we'll ever find out.

Gasbag propaganda wannabe hack troll ^ little bug.80 apparently isn’t aware of the legal authority which does exist for this so called “extrajudicial killing.”

His ignorance is surprising since it was addressed at length as recently as yesterday in at least one or two threads, here at USMB.

For Instance: President Trump orders attack on Venezuelan drug runners at sea

Plus a fair number of other citations to our laws in ensuing posts in that very thread.

If President Trump takes ANY action at all, we can always rely on the hapless bug.80 to immediately (knee jerk style) commence a thread to take the contrary position. No thinking involved with that troll.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Wait.........the people in the boat were Americans!!??!!

No retard the 2 American citizens Obama murdered while president were never tried or convicted of any crime at all and one was 16.

 

[Rawley]

International law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life, which includes extrajudicial killing. This norm is codified in every major human rights treaty and has attained jus cogens status as a non-derogable norm in international law. In the United States, the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) establishes civil liability for extrajudicial killing.

When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing – Columbia Human Rights Law Review

hrlr.law.columbia.edu

Is the blowing up of a boat 1,000 miles away from the US an example of trump getting bored with breaking US law so he wanted to extend his reach? Maybe. We don't know cuz we have very little info to go on. One thing we do know is nothing this government tells us can be trusted. Distrust and verify is the necessary approach.

But some officials at the Defense Department privately expressed concern on Wednesday about the administration’s shifting narratives, including where the vessel was headed. Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.

The secretary said in Mexico City that drug cartels and traffickers, including those on the boat, “pose an immediate threat to the United States, period.”

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html

Is there any legal authority? Does it matter to a guy who rolls out of bed wondering which law to break today? Does immunity for the prez, invented by the SC, count in the Hague? Was Don irritated by his puffy ankles and decided to take it out on some guys going fishing? I'm not sure we'll ever find out.

This is ******* awesome. Now your cult is expressly defending the drug cartels. Just ******* awesome.

 

[BackAgain]

International law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life, which includes extrajudicial killing. This norm is codified in every major human rights treaty and has attained jus cogens status as a non-derogable norm in international law. In the United States, the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) establishes civil liability for extrajudicial killing.

When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing – Columbia Human Rights Law Review

hrlr.law.columbia.edu

Is the blowing up of a boat 1,000 miles away from the US an example of trump getting bored with breaking US law so he wanted to extend his reach? Maybe. We don't know cuz we have very little info to go on. One thing we do know is nothing this government tells us can be trusted. Distrust and verify is the necessary approach.

But some officials at the Defense Department privately expressed concern on Wednesday about the administration’s shifting narratives, including where the vessel was headed. Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.

The secretary said in Mexico City that drug cartels and traffickers, including those on the boat, “pose an immediate threat to the United States, period.”

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html

Is there any legal authority? Does it matter to a guy who rolls out of bed wondering which law to break today? Does immunity for the prez, invented by the SC, count in the Hague? Was Don irritated by his puffy ankles and decided to take it out on some guys going fishing? I'm not sure we'll ever find out.

And who says that the attack on that boat on the high seas was “arbitrary?”

bug.80 is quite fully lost.

 

[Doc7505]

International law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life, which includes extrajudicial killing. This norm is codified in every major human rights treaty and has attained jus cogens status as a non-derogable norm in international law. In the United States, the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”) establishes civil liability for extrajudicial killing.

When Death Becomes Murder: A Primer on Extrajudicial Killing – Columbia Human Rights Law Review

hrlr.law.columbia.edu

Is the blowing up of a boat 1,000 miles away from the US an example of trump getting bored with breaking US law so he wanted to extend his reach? Maybe. We don't know cuz we have very little info to go on. One thing we do know is nothing this government tells us can be trusted. Distrust and verify is the necessary approach.

But some officials at the Defense Department privately expressed concern on Wednesday about the administration’s shifting narratives, including where the vessel was headed. Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.

The secretary said in Mexico City that drug cartels and traffickers, including those on the boat, “pose an immediate threat to the United States, period.”

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the

strike in international waters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html

Is there any legal authority? Does it matter to a guy who rolls out of bed wondering which law to break today? Does immunity for the prez, invented by the SC, count in the Hague? Was Don irritated by his puffy ankles and decided to take it out on some guys going fishing? I'm not sure we'll ever find out.

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Did you question Obama for the extraordinary strike killing Anwar al-Awlaki an American?
Meanwhile, When heavily armed TdA narco terrorists pilot tactical speedboats packed with fentanyl toward American shores, they are not committing a garden‑variety smuggling crime. TdA is waging asymmetric war on the United States. The right category matters.
We do not treat a truck bomb racing toward a crowded stadium as a customs violation. We disable it.
A fentanyl‑laden fast boat is the maritime analogue. It is a delivery vehicle for a weapon that kills tens of thousands of Americans each year, a weapon that hostile actors deliberately deploy to destabilize our communities.
Hitting that boat was not law enforcement. It was self‑defense.

 

[Woodznutz]

Every time Trump has success democrats have a heart attack. Why couldn't they stop drugs.

Because four out of five drug users are Democrat voters. Also, it is mostly Democrats that want all or most drugs legalized.