NY Times: An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.


We've seen this many times before. A situation that in no way calls for deadly force, but an officer who cannot tolerate having someone disobey an order.

A good officer, and I would say the vast majority of officers, would realize there was absolutely no reason to deploy deadly force. In this case there was only a minor offense which could be handled by taking a license plate number and dealing with it later.

When I was in law enforcement I remember a fellow officer talking about stopping a violator for a minor offense. The subject told my friend he was going to leave and the officer couldn't catch him. My friend said "See this radio? It's signals travel at the speed of light. Are you faster than that?" The violator got the point...and the ticket.

ICE is a fucking mess. Ill trained and poorly recruited.

I've mentioned before that I attended the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA. That training included a lot of training re the Constitution, legal procedures and civil liberties taught by lawyers.

I have to wonder WTF is going on there now with the push to recruit and train huge numbers of ICE officers.

ICE has shortened some training durations and streamlined programs to increase hiring speed, focusing on practical field skills and leveraging technology, including reducing some Spanish language requirements.

Maybe not so much law and civil liberties?