I'm assuming she hit him for the sake of argument, but I have no way of knowing either way. I don't think the video makes this unambiguous.
> Are you suggesting hitting a federal agent when not trying to hit them after fleeing a lawful order is not sufficient to show self defense?
No. I'm suggesting two things:
1) Any accusation of her being a "domestic terrorist" is obvious politically-motivated bullshit.
2) The danger the officer was in was clearly not life-threatening. The use of deadly force in this case was not justified. I haven't seen a single video that shows her "gunning it" towards any officer.
> you've racked up 2 felonies even before you hit the officer. Obstructing federal law enforcement and fleeing.
Not relevant. She could have racked up a dozen felonies and it still doesn't justify death. The police are not judges, juries, and executioners. Their job isn't to punish anybody. It's to investigate crimes and bring suspects into the courts for justice. In this case, since they would easily be able to find her later (her killer clearly and intentionally recorded her license plate number), they should have let her flee and then brought charges at a later date when things weren't as chaotic. Their inability to bring her to justice represents a huge failure on their part.
That this woman ended up dead represents, at best, an incredible failure on the part of ICE. At worst, it represents an attempt at instilling fear in everyone in order to suppress dissent.
> Are you suggesting hitting a federal agent when not trying to hit them after fleeing a lawful order is not sufficient to show self defense?
No. I'm suggesting two things:
1) Any accusation of her being a "domestic terrorist" is obvious politically-motivated bullshit.
2) The danger the officer was in was clearly not life-threatening. The use of deadly force in this case was not justified. I haven't seen a single video that shows her "gunning it" towards any officer.
> you've racked up 2 felonies even before you hit the officer. Obstructing federal law enforcement and fleeing.
Not relevant. She could have racked up a dozen felonies and it still doesn't justify death. The police are not judges, juries, and executioners. Their job isn't to punish anybody. It's to investigate crimes and bring suspects into the courts for justice. In this case, since they would easily be able to find her later (her killer clearly and intentionally recorded her license plate number), they should have let her flee and then brought charges at a later date when things weren't as chaotic. Their inability to bring her to justice represents a huge failure on their part.
That this woman ended up dead represents, at best, an incredible failure on the part of ICE. At worst, it represents an attempt at instilling fear in everyone in order to suppress dissent.