Being rude and aggressive to _anyone_ pointing a deadly weapon at you might get you killed. I think it's part of adulting, to take that seriously and to carefully wiegh whether it's the hill you want die on. The protestors in this video are clearly used to dealing with armed ICE agents, while acting like a total arse, and walking away, laughing about it on social media. But, they picked the wrong guy on the wrong day.
Does that necessarily make it okay, or legal, that she got shot? Nope. But it effects how much outrage I feel about it and how much attention I am willing to pay to it.
Not much.
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Yes. Exactly.
Also, if you look at the protests that have broken out, after this, you see:
1. Some of the protestors are completely unhinged and prone to violence. You don't protest government violence by breaking stuff and terrorizing everyone.
2. They don't appear to be people from Minneapolis. Are they bussing in protestors, _again_, to destroy the local neighborhood, _again_?
3. The local politicians are relieved to have something to talk about, other than daycare fraud, which encourages them to hype this all up and be like George Floyd 2.0! ✊🏾
While this is true no one should be licking the states ass. This agent adds no value to the stated goal of enforcing immigration laws. His actions are a step backwards, if that is the goal. They are a step forward if the goal is to normalize a paramilitary death squad controlled by the executive branch.
No one makes sounds decisions when they are afraid of dying. We go through a lot of training to prepare for that moment, and even then, a lot of people fuck it up and die. That woman had a right to protest. Training for a minimum of one year before entering a combat zone should not be a prerequisite for a citizen protesting.
That said, she was partially murdered by her "wife," who goaded the officer. She should stand trial too, though I don't think she should be judged in the same way as the officer who responded to her by moving his phone to his other hand, pulling his weapon and executing the woman out of spite.
Look, I don't like leftists, either. Let's move past that. They can be stupid, we can call them stupid, but murder isn't acceptable.
