Here is my opinion on Minneapolis killing by ICE officer, and facts still matter.⚖️
ICE agents are federal law enforcement, but their authority and use of force are limited by the Constitution. A US citizen cannot be detained for immigration purposes, and fleeing alone is not a legal justification for deadly force under Supreme Court precedent.
Deadly force is lawful only when an officer reasonably believes there is an immediate threat of death or serious bodily harm. That standard comes from Graham v. Connor and Tennessee v. Garner, and it applies to ICE the same as to any armed federal agent.
In the Minnesota case, multiple videos show agents initiating the encounter, surrounding the vehicle, giving conflicting commands, and escalating the situation. One agent attempted to open the car door while others shouted instructions. The woman in a car, a US born citizen, appeared to behave frightened and confused.
Video shows her backing up to avoid an agent positioned near the front side of the vehicle, then turning the steering wheel away from him in an apparent attempt to disengage. The agent who ultimately fired had apparently already drawn his weapon before the car moved forward.
An officer placing themselves in a dangerous position, creating confusion, and then claiming fear does not automatically meet the constitutional threshold for lethal force. This case is not about immigration. It is about escalation, officer-created danger, and whether deadly force was objectively reasonable.
Law enforcement does not get a constitutional exemption simply because propaganda moves faster than the truth.
You can see clearly in the video that agent is pulling the gun while she is still backing up to make a maneuver to avoid hitting the agent and simply leave.
i don’t give a fuck what kind of food people buy with their food stamps and i don’t give a fuck about a few people taking advantage of a system if it means even 1 person who is hungry gets help to buy food
Man it’s wild to see voltwitter, some of yall want a football coach that’s won 30 games in 3 years and a playoff appearance fired because you can’t win games on the road that you’re an underdog in, you want the best AD we’ve ever had fired because his baseball coach may go to the majors and ticket prices are high, yall want Rick Barnes to retire because you’re tired of elite 8s you same people wanted to move past vitello after he lost to LSU in Omaha a few years ago, I don’t get it. You guys are spoiled.
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Not only has this given me motivation to actually drawing something FOR FUN, which I haven’t had in a year, but I just would like to say how this one challenge this artist did truly brought the art community together and in a time where many believed ai would be taking over.
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