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I typically post right leaning - she was trying to run away not kill the ICE officer.

What I think needs to happen, investigation. Most likely the ICE officer will still be released because he'll testify he thought he was going to be killed. He will likely no longer be part of ICE in a few hours.

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Just a few months ago, Carlos Jimenez (a citizen, not that it should matter) went up to ICE officers to ask them to move away from a bus stop where school children were to gather soon. ICE shot him after he began driving away. He survived but no ICE officer faced any consequences.

> He will likely no longer be part of ICE in a few hours.

I would bet everything I own against that without a second thought.

And it seems I would've won!

Assuming he was threatened: How can a pistol stop a car?

Yeah, I think, I'm willing to entertain discussions about how much protestors or third parties should be able to mess with law enforcement, but this seems like the officer made catastrophically bad decisions here.

The poor hero is recovering at the hospital right now after being run over according to the president. He may or may not get off by the courts, but he will be feted by MAGA. If he's removed from ICE it'll be to go on a media tour.

It has been 16 hours. I am not aware of him being fired.

In most cases where these agents are violent, good luck even getting a name tied to the violent action.

It's been wild watch folks who couldn't say out loud or to themselves "secret police are necessary and good" say "well, this police work is super dangerous and needed so we can't know who these brave men are".

I'm not an oracle, it was a guess.

In my opinion you should edit whatever beliefs caused you to think that this was a likely outcome.

Thanks for your integrity.

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