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FBI investigating after ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis (www.cbc.ca)
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An FBI investigation is underway after an ICE officer fatally shot a woman in southern Minneapolis on Wednesday, in an incident characterized very differently by local and federal officials.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot behind the wheel of an SUV near the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue just before 10:30 a.m. CT. U.S. President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both described the woman as an agitator who had been interfering with ICE agents on scene.

Noem, a central figure in Trump's immigration crackdown, said Good ignored officers’ orders to get out of her vehicle and "weaponized" the SUV by deliberately trying to ram into the officer. She said the agent shot the driver three times in self-defence.

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[–] 29 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, I've seen this video and sure the driver was at their worst causing a nuisance to ICE. I'm not convinced that should be crime worthy of a death sentence by an "agent" that thinks he's a street judge.

What I saw entirely contradicts the narrative the US administration is trying to pedal.

The ICE agent was at no point under threat. Rather than move out of the way of the vehicle (which was turning away from him anyway), he stayed where he was and drew a firearm. It's clear this move was designed to make them stop and get out of the car. Instead she (and I think in quite a valid way) panicked and tried to drive away. He fired, THEN moved out of the way and fired more. A clear, calculated move on his part.

Objectively it's an attempt to completely rewrite the narrative to say she weaponized the vehicle, that the agent was run over, or that he was in fear for his life. These are all very obvious lies.

Now, I'm an outsider here. But I have to say this does make me think of other dictatorships and autocrats of the past and present. They need citizens to fear for their lives when they encounter agents of the state. This was true in Germany of the gestapo, and they want it to be true in the US of ICE. If they are successful in protecting this agent. If this does not go to trial (and it MUST be a State trial, for obvious reasons) then I fear this is the reality you will face.

The rest of the world cannot help you. We can only watch in horror as events like this unfold.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    The rest of the world cannot help you.

    Talk to your lawmakers about making it easier for people to obtain asylum

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah. We have our own problems. I'm not going to argue about that at all. But if you want to place our problems even close to the same level as the US situation, I don't think you're being rational.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    if you want to place our problems even close to the same level as the US situation

    I don't, no argument that the US is a total shithole right now. I'm literally just saying that vulnerable people are going to need places to flee to and basically every country on the planet makes that process far too difficult.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I think in the case of refugees from the US (which I guess is the implication here?). I think most countries won't accept that. Not because deep down they don't (or won't soon) recognize that there might be good grounds for it. But that they don't want to poke a stick in the direction of what is a very volatile government over there right now. Especially one that has shown they're not above just invading another country for their own ends.

    The UK will especially be unlikely to do so bearing in mind our current leader has done his best to avoid any criticism of the administration and is generally going out of his way to appease the US president. Our next leader (oh I wish I could say it won't be him) is more likely to side with the US administration AND make asylum harder to claim.

    This seems to also be happening a lot in Europe right now. Hence why I say, you cannot count on us. Militarily we can't do a damn thing, our leaders are doing their best to keep crosshairs pointed elsewhere, and things are only likely to get worse and not better over here.

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