ICE and the fog of war
As a former police captain, Joe Broadmeadow makes the point that we need to consider the level of risk that Officer Jonathan Ross thought he was facing when he shot Renee Good in Minnesota (“Circumstances, not policy, led to death of Renee Good,” Commentary, Jan. 18).
Perhaps, although it is clear that she was trying to get away from him, not run him over, he really felt threatened. Perhaps she reacted to her fear of the ICE agents trying to drag her out of her car by trying to drive away, and he reacted to the movement of the car by shooting her point blank in her head, in a “fog of war.” If so, we should blame those who created that “fog of war.”
The story that most “aliens” are violent criminals, human traffickers, gang members, degenerates (etc., etc., etc.) is a lie created by this administration. It is being used to create panic. It exploits that panic to create illegal “states of emergency.” These “emergencies” are used to justify a huge expansion of this government’s police power over non-citizens and citizens alike. It can be used to trample on free speech and legal protections, take over cities run by political opponents or distract from the administration’s failures and corruption. Perhaps it will be used to overturn our next election…