I saw this meme earlier and didn't believe it. It was too inane, too fantasy-driven, too problematic to be anywhere close to the truth. Turns out, it is probably true. As it turns out, the first words scrammed by the passenger in the vehicle of the woman shot by ICE, screamed, "Why did you have real bullets?"
Did she think that this was some play-action fantasy?
The problem with these folks is that they cannot differentiate between Instagram reels, TikTok shorts, and the real world. In the fantasy of holding ICE accountable, everyone goes home safe. In the fantasy of video gaming, there is a reset button.
This gal who was killed is not some "white chick George Floyd", as I've seen her described. She is not a martyr to a cause. She is just the latest example of a lethal force encounter going very bad, very quickly.
For my entire police career, as I was getting ready for my shift, I'd look in the mirror and ask myself if I were willing to take a human life that day. We do a job in the real world with real consequences. Thankfully, I never had to take a life. I drew my weapon only four times in the line of duty. I never had to fire. For that I am thankful.
Today's "protestors" don't seem to understand lethal force. That is unfortunate, because the cops understand it very well. There is no reset button. It is forever.
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Too many 'gamers' think there is always a 'reset' button... Not reality!
How out of touch with the real world does one have to be, to think police don't have real cartridges in their firearms?
Sucks to be STUPID. As was proven by her question!
This was apparently said right after the shooting when she got out of car. Start taking pic's of the people in the street. Draft a form letter to everyone stating if receiving federal funds they will be cut off for 1 year and if auto was used to block ICE you will lose your license for 5 years as it is a leath . Caught behind the wheel in the 5 years and it's a year in the jail. Consequences of your actions. Have a nice day now. Your friendly government agency.
I'm still shaking my head. Where did these people think they were? The UK or some place in Europe?
Under Barack and Joe, the police were so neutered that if you are on the "right political side", you expect to get away with any behavior. The mostly "Peaceful Protests"? I don't expect them to be tolerated the way they were previously. In this case, she was expecting that ICE was going to react the way police had previously reacted, thus the "Drive, baby drive" with the expectation that the ICE agent would do nothing.
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