indigent defense/justice takes, college football, & the blues. Storyteller. If you are bothered enough to read this, I must’ve really ticked you off. Go Army!!
I'm a former defense attorney and currently a civil liberties attorney with no political dog in this fight. I watched the video at least 10 times from different angles and at different speeds and waited to offer an opinion, which I still reserve the right to change if additional information changes the calculus.
It is very clear that the officers instigated the confrontation. The woman initially tried to wave them past her.
ICE officers have no authority to search a US citizen or arrest her (unless there's probable cause to believe she's harboring undocumented individuals, not a contention here). A woman surrounded by masked, armed men who have no law enforcement authority over her has every right to try to escape. Video shows her steering wheel is turned to the right, clearly an attempt to leave WITHOUT hitting anyone and steer clear of the officer standing towards the front of her car. That officer had time to step to the side, which is where he was when he shot her.
Even a real police officer would not have the right to shoot at her for trying to flee. This is well-established in the case law; deadly force may not be used simply to prevent someone from getting away. Given that the ICE officers had no law enforcement authority to begin with, AND the video footage shows she was trying to escape a perceived threat, not to kill anyone, the crime is all the more inexcusable.
I'm praying for the victim's family, especially her children. I'm also praying for all the conservatives who are so unprincipled and lost they're excusing this terrible crime, and gloating over a death that will leave three young children motherless, because of the victim's politics.
@WallStreetApes Obama did not destroy the market. Trump shutting down the economy and bailing everyone out do that.
But subsidizing health care, Congress got the same result as skyrocketing college tuition subsidized by student loans. Nobody got healthier or smarter. Corporate welfare.
@Tony12953@EricIdle If you don't know, you have your head in the sand. To ask that question seems entirely dishonest.
In America, he is free to say whatever he wants. I respect him being protective of others' rights to speak.
Just don't call him a good Christian.
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@Tony12953@EricIdle "Most in here" is quite the qualifier since mostly what remains in the Twitter cess pool is the dregs of incivility for which there is no bottom.
Where are your posts on Charlie Kirk not being such a nice guy either?
@DesireeAmerica4 This also has to do with the first two successive generations of men not being drafted into war.
Many men learn mechanics and other engineering fixing equipment in the service.
@KurtSchlichter The republicans always take advantage of the Army/Navy game - the easiest feel good photo op of all time. Dems always blow it.
But the GOP look like little dick fags for calling it the Department of War & acting like a Fox News morning host is anything but an unqualified clown.
@jwtnvol The award is for the best overall player not a role model. Pavia had a worse team in a tougher league, and led the NCAA in total offense when taking his team to new heights.
And he cost himself the award by being a hot shot ass hole.
@jasonwhitlock Bama should have dropped for the way they looked the last month & in that game. But in no way was Notre Dame more qualified. Bama became the first team in history this year to beat 4 consecutive top 25 teams - all were actually all top 15. I would've gone ND, but Bama is valid.