As a Police Officer, I heard and read all manner of euphemisms to justify blatantly illegal actions by Officers and Departments. But, I never heard a justification of an unconstitutional extrajudicial killing as being based on "fearing for public safety".
It's a disgusting amorphous phrase based on total bullshit. It's like trying to claim a disorderly conduct authorizes deadly force. But, in fact it's even worse.
Yet, again the Gestapho imitators at ICE have launched an attack on a person not committing a crime, in unmarked vehicles, while not in uniform, wearing regular clothing, while masked, guns drawn, seemingly without identifying themselves, using their vehicles as a weapon, and thus ended up executing a man.
That man by the Department of Homeland Terrorism admitted was not the "suspect" they were looking for, but when every brown person is your eventual target any one will do,
The fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Maine has become the latest flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on foreign nationals.
The incident unfolded in Biddeford, a coastal city about 24km (15 miles) southwest of Portland, the state’s biggest city.
According to DHS, agents attempted to stop a vehicle leaving the address. The department said the driver tried to flee and that “fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon”.
Earlier, Maine Senator Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had told him the officer fired after the driver allegedly attempted to use the vehicle as a weapon against ICE agents.
King also said the agents involved were not wearing body cameras and that they had been in Biddeford to arrest someone other than the man who was shot.
This is as clear-cut a 4th Amendment violation as the murder of Alex Pretti was an express violation of the 2nd Amendment. The murdered man was not a suspect, was here legally, and was not in the commission of any crime when the unidentified ICE Thugs attacked. Biddeford, Maine is right next door to Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, two of the richest areas in Maine, 99% white, and the home to former President George W. Bush.
First off, don't ever forget, don't ever accept their lies, and don't ever give the benefit of the doubt. These actions are completely unconstitutional and unlawful. And they are being done willfully and wantonly by agents in the field, with the express support of their superiors, and the vocal support of the treasonous White House officials, like Stephen Miller, Jeannie Pirro, and MarkJohnWayne Mullin.
Again, lying Trump acolytes and co-conspriators attempted to use the ubiquitous lie of the murdered individual tried to use his vehicle as a weapon, this is the go to lie they use to set the tone for on-line bots to parrot and to justify these murders. Again the ICE Agents shot someone in a car because they are being told to do so and most likely been given verbal assurances they will be defended by the Trump Department of Injustice and the rightwing propaganda machine.
Secondly, this is exactly what white people wanted and expressly voted for in selecting Donnie Dumbass.
Third, Trump lackeys feel comfortable committing crimes and acting with petulant impunity because they feel certain they will face zero repercussions when this whole thing finally comes to an end. This extends all the way down to individual murderers at ICE up to Traitor trump himself.
The ICE murders are ramping up again, after Stephen Miller told them to cool off for a bit.
