I’m a Marine Corp veteran, trained by LEOs when I served in US embassies on how to handle unruly individuals or protestors.
1) If you are the guys with guns, you are the ones responsible for the situation. Doubly so if you outnumber the person you’re engaging.
2) You do not need to use force except to control the situation in order to deescalate it. Minimal force required.
3) You are NOT here to look for excuses to use more force. Even if the person gives you an excuse which “justifies” using force, that doesn’t mean using force is de facto the right move.
4) “Let the other person retreat” often resolves the situation just fine! Don’t surround people, back them up against a wall, etc. Your job is to control the situation. “I put myself stupidly in danger” is not an excuse to escalate “because I’m in danger.”
5) People will feed off of your energy. If you come rolling up like a fascist thug ready to break skulls, people will meet you at that level. If you show up calm, professional, and having a friendly chat, often that brings the temperature down.
Everything I see from ICE agents is they are relishing violence and exercising power, needlessly escalating situations, looking for opportunities to shoot their weapons and beat the shit out of people.
@AlaskaAir I've been a gold 75k member for almost a decade straight but for a while now all I get flying you guys now are delays, cancellations and "IT outages" whatever the hell that means. It's a complete joke. I'll be status matching with Delta now you've lost a customer
@AlaskaAir What is going on with you guys lately? Constant issues all the time. I'm now grounded in Spokane trying to get home and you guys can't figure your IT operations out. 2nd time in 3 months you've ruined my schedule. I've been a loyal customer for years but not anymore.
Nothing shows the state of pure addiction to cell phones and social media than flying. Almost 100% of people are absolutely glued to their phones at all times. People beside me on a flight never stopped scrolling TikTok for one second on 2.5 hour flight. Very sad.
80 years ago today. If you get a chance to visit Normandy I highly recommend it. They have done a beautiful job making sure the sacrifice those men made isn't lost to history. Incredible place. #dday#DDay80Ans#omahabeach#utahbeach