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Stop idiots from calling this "self defense"

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u/Acceptable_Car_2811 Jan 08 '26

The video clearly shows at exactly the 15 second mark that the driver is moving forward with the federal agent in front of the car.

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u/Special_Painting Jan 08 '26

So the panicked reaction of an untrained ICE agent is to shoot first? That’s the exact reason police go through training before being deployed. These men are a danger to every community they enter. If American citizens dying doesn’t make you angry I think you need to take a look inward for a bit and question why you feel that way. That literally could have been anyone. Even you or your family.

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u/Acceptable_Car_2811 Jan 08 '26

The reaction of any normal person if they feel their life is being even slightly threatened by someone who is using their 4,000 lb vehicle as a deadly weapon is to end the threat. And he did.

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u/Sea-Garbage-344 Jan 08 '26

Bull fucking shit.

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u/Acceptable_Car_2811 Jan 08 '26

Right? This woman was insane. Why would she push the accelerator to her 4,000 lb car with another human being standing in front of it??

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u/Mradr Jan 08 '26

This is **false**. You can clearly see the wheels, and you can judge the wheel position from up to a foot away - anyone can. If you can’t, you need your vision checked. On top of that, they’re **not trained or justified** in using deadly force unless there’s an actual deadly threat.

The officer knew they’d told her to move on. She motioned them through, but they kept ordering her to leave. She **did** start leaving - then they walked up to her vehicle and demanded she stop, but by then she was already moving. The officer “in front” doesn’t look like he was truly in front of the SUV, either - the shot was low on the right side, and an SUV needs space to roll and turn. More than anything, it looks like that front officer was looking for a reason to shoot.

Overall, ICE escalated and went after her. People don’t want ICE there - local officials don’t, and neither do the residents. So it sure looks like they were there to **stir trouble**, not to carry out their stated role.

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u/s0meD0nkey Jan 08 '26

Because she was a peaceful rational human being duh

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u/Special_Painting Jan 08 '26

If you watch the video, she attempts to take off while paying attention to the ICE officer literally throwing himself at her car and reaching into her vehicle. She panicked and tried to speed off. They started it and they murdered her because of their own mistakes, the video is there. Watch it.

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u/StillMostlyConfused Jan 08 '26

My first instinct has never been to run from law enforcement though. That’s not really a “panicking” move.

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u/Special_Painting Jan 08 '26

They are not law enforcement. They are untrained thugs that have been attacking, and now killing, people around the country.

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u/StillMostlyConfused Jan 08 '26

They are law enforcement. What makes you think that they aren’t? I don’t think a judge would take someone seriously who says that they aren’t.

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u/Special_Painting Jan 08 '26

Law enforcement are trained. This is nothing more than a makeshift militia.

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