same old tired losers wrote:
You all see what you want to see -on both sides. There is no objective, unbiased observation any longer. "Truth" no longer exists in America - it is just opinion colored by a political slant. There is nowhere to go but down - to the depths of hate for the other side. I feel sorry for a future generation - what are they inheriting? History will show that social media was the beginning of the end for a civil America. It will get worse with AI - civil war would be a blessing to end the strife, but I fear a cataclysmic world war will be the ultimate result. Orwell will be partially correct, just a few generations (40-50 years) late.
You know what actually would be useful? If we could see the video taken from the wife’s phone as she was pointing at the ICE officer during her agitating and instigating. See his positioning, posture, facial expressions, etc. Crazy the media hasn’t produced that video, because it will certainly be subpoenaed if this goes to trial and might actually exonerate the officer. Which tells you a lot.
I feel terrible that somebody lost her life here. That is tragic. But this was not peaceable assembly, she was obstructing a Federal operation, the escalation was quick, and there’s just no way to predict the outcome at that point, the psychological factors, especially from an ICE officer who had previously survived a dragging and who is being demeaned and denigrated all day long for doing his job.
Easy to Monday morning QB this stuff, but I would personally hang any jury who might try to convict the ICE officer. He was being deliberately and brazenly impeded during an official Federal operation and he actually was grazed by the vehicle, even though I don’t think her intent was to hit him. Plus, he now has to live with the knowledge that he killed someone. There’s no good outcome here.