Hapless DC cops try to break up the beating & chase Erdogan's suited thugs off, but no arrests of thugs visible herehttps://twitter.com/VOATurkish/status/864631567972540417 …
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Replying to @asteris
By now, both the Obama & Trump admins have tolerated Erdogan's goons beating up protesters/journos in Embassy Row, DC. It's precedent.
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Replying to @amaenad
Afaik, bodyguards of heads of state usually travel with diplomatic passports
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So, then it is a question of diplomatic immunity. Still, does that mean any head of state can have their goons beat up citizens on US soil?
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Apparently yes. Read the bit I RT'd from @RVAwonk, Ecuador tried to respond but they'd already left the country http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/turkey-ecuador-protesters-beaten-by-president-bodyguards.html …
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