Cuban police in the U.S.: "It is ideological extremism, from whichever side, that pulls the trigger."

The police officer Sergio R. Beristain, of Cuban origin and residing in the United States, shared a reflection on his social media about violence, ideological hatred, and the loss of lives following recent shootings in the country.

America is becoming a loaded weapon filled with bullets of hatred, wrote the official in a message that directly references several violent incidents, including the murder of activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and a shooting at a high school in Colorado where three teenagers were injured.

"Hate is the bullet that takes our lives... and it is ideological extremism, regardless of the side, that pulls the trigger," he stated. He added, "It doesn't matter how many rivers of blood have flowed in the history of gun violence in the United States. It's all for millions of dollars, not for the millions of lives that have been lost."

Beristain also expressed his rejection of racism and the use of power to fuel hatred: "I would much rather build monuments to those innocent lives that did not know racism, but rather the purity of affection without races."

The publication comes after several events that have shocked the country. Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, died after being shot in the neck while participating in an event in Utah. President Donald Trump has held the radical left responsible for the crime and announced that he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also called for the death penalty for the detained suspect, Tyler Robinson.

The reflection of the Cuban official has sparked reactions on social media. “An exact reflection of reality, it’s sad. God bless you,” wrote one user. Another commented: “I agree with many of your posts [...] the most repugnant thing we are experiencing right now is the lack of democracy.”

It is not the first time that Sergio R. Beristain has sent out reflective messages from his social media. In July, he strongly criticized Cuban legal residents who, according to him, mock migrants with I-220A or humanitarian parole: "You think that just because you are legal residents, you are privileged, you put on your little suit of privilege and you are no longer like the others, you are mocking them, you call them scum, you call them parasites, you call them bread with steak."

In that same intervention, he warned: "It seems you forgot that you lied at the border, you forgot that you lied in your interview, you omitted information, you falsified credible fear... and now you are a legal resident, mocking others."

In a previous post, he spoke out against the immigration detention center nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz in Florida. “They will be put in cages there, like animals. Let’s not talk about food, let’s not talk about water service, or air conditioning...,” he warned. He also cautioned that the place is “infested with crocodiles and python snakes, which are killing machines.”

At the beginning of the year, Beristain had already issued a warning about potential deportations of Cubans who were regularized during Democratic administrations: “Now those who voted for Trump will see their relatives with humanitarian parole and I-220A documents in imminent danger of arrest and deportation.”

In another post, he rejected the proposal to suspend flights and remittances to Cuba as a political tool: “These strategies are outdated, they will not work, and they are simply justifying the vote they received from Republican Cuban-Americans.”

In her latest message, Beristain concluded with a phrase that encapsulates the spirit of her posts: "All lives matter".

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