• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release that the officer was trying to arrest a man who had a history of reckless driving, but he refused officers’ orders and instead drove his car at them. An ICE officer who was hit and dragged by the car felt his life was threatened and opened fire, the department said.

    Federal goons tried to disappear a motorist with a post-facto justification of “public safety,” and the motorist chose Door #2.

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      24 hours ago

      felt his life was threatened and opened fire

      They always feel their lives are threatened. This counts for nothing. Without further evidence, this may just be another lie from self-justifying murderous cops.

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      How do we know that officer’s definition of reckless driving actually matches the State’s definition. There are 50 different States with varying traffic laws, ICE is federal and traffic law has nothing to do with their jurisdiction.

      Unless they had an immigration-related reason for attempting to detain him, everything should be ignored. They had no reason to even accost the man.