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This lady really nag the cops for using real bullets?
Well, she was headed toward the agent in a real car, so...
I prefer truly local first, Ace second and big box third.
Oh great - another suggestion for more useless crap for police to carry.

Seriously, just take a look at what these guys are carrying already.

And this enters their constant thought and focus processes which distracts from what they need to focus on while approaching a vehicle with an unknown driver and occupants.

No wonder so many retire with major back issues.

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Is it because I said the officer is a dumbass for walking and standing in front of a vehicle driven by a clearly crazy person and that it 100% is against any training he's ever had? Because if that is a problem, well......
The officer did not move to that position - the car turned while backing up which oriented him in that position. He did move, but that movement actually brought him closer to safety.
I do not see you as a douchebag for that error - especially since I thought the same thing until I had viewed several more videos.
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Technically with the feds it started in 1808. Until 1808 the constitution allowed the states to allow in the amount they felt was proper before Congress took over. The Feds could still tax importations of people before 1808.
Okay.
Only partly true. The silly alien and sedition act predated 1808.
And which agency would have enforced both of those laws?
But the larger issue here is that the current deportation activities are simply a return to what Clinton and GW Bush were doing on a regular basis during their administrations.
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What you don’t do is hang out in the path of the vehicle while your partner is trying to extricate the driver excluding some severe exigencies.

You make some points, but I see some things differently. You seem to view this as a patrolman would - rather than an investigator.
I think that the agent was video documenting the vehicle position from 360 degrees with intent to file obstruction charges and did not regard her as an immediate threat while doing so - until she reversed course by shifting to drive and hit the gas. This surprised him and he went from evidence collection to defensive actions. Threat recognition to shot delivery was necessarily very rapid.
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IMO she probably didn’t even see him due to her sensory system being overloaded.

So you think that she put her car in drive without even looking where she would be going - while being told what to do by her S/O? That is possible - the agent's phone video is likely the best evidence on that point. But we both know that point is not really relevant. Her spinning wheels and orientation towards the agent puts this in the reasonable self defense category. And the event is in the federal jurisdiction.

The S/O's actions on the other hand could result in charges being filed against her. She is a large part of the causal chain.

Having said this, we are actually more in agreement than disagreement.


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I’m not against getting illegals out like has been done since 2003 when ICE was formed.

ICE was created from INS, so deportations were being done long before W created ICE. Before that US Marshals had done some immigration related activities.
This was happening since the USA was founded.
Nothing new - except that some people suddenly decided that they can challenge law enforcement personnel on the streets.
How many were stabbed, raped or otherwise victimized?
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except she didn't go straight she turned the wheels all the way to the right avoiding him altogether. just forgot that part?
Nope. Look again - more closely. She hit the gas while the wheels were straight and directly in line with the agent, but spun the tires on the icy road.
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Do you have a source for that? I hadn’t heard he’s in the hospital.

What do you think?
I understand from several sources that he was taken to a hospital, but not sure of the extent of his injuries and whether he was kept. But after seeing this video or seeing the incident in person, ask yourself - if you were his supervisor would you have sent him to the hospital?
I know that I would have insisted on it.
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Comply or die amirite ?!
Nope
The law is pretty clear,
Do not present a threat or reality of deadly force - or die.
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So, basically if you use your freedom, you should lose your freedom?
Isn't this the totalitarian socialist philosophy for "free speech"?
He just told you who he really is.
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No different than Ashli Babbit. I don't celebrate the deaths of either women. But stupidity can have dire consequences.
Invalid comparison.
Ashli Babbitt was not an imminent threat to anyone when she was shot while this woman actually did harm to an agent at the time of this shooting.
In short, one did not meet the uniform federal shooting criteria while the other did.
Very different.
Celebrating?
No.
Her death is a tragedy. All the worse because she could have so easily prevented it.

But I do not see any concern expressed here for the person being treated in the hospital with injuries after being rammed by the front of her car.
Why is that?
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beautiful place, people are friendly as can be, albeit super intimidated by their dictatorship,
My experience exactly.
But I would add that their equipment and infrastructure are sadly lacking. They had actually cut a bus up and turned the body into a trailer and were pulling it with a tractor type vehicle.
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You people approving of taking over other countries really need to read a history book.
Like Germany, Italy and Japan following WW2?

Seriously, a Marshall plan might help Venezuela flourish into a great nation. But we must not exploit them. A true Marshall plan approach is vital here.
And I would like to visit a free Cuba.
Diving, birding and hiking opportunities all over that place.
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How have so many people not heard of the Darien Gap
Can she handle 2 or 3 coke cans?
Asking for a friend.
This depends where you are and what laws exist there.
Louisiana has pretty good nuisance animal laws.
Catch it and deliver it to the animal shelter or file complaints with them about the animal and where you think it comes from.
But be aware that some neighbors who think that their animals have some right to cause you trouble will hate you over this.
They likely have no rule against choking the chicken, but they would sternly warn him for grunting...

They have standards!

(Work out elsewhere.)
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Couple of cans of fart spray will disperse this crowd with ease.
Why?
They likely already smell awful.
Unwashed masses usually do.
Define ""unhealthy."

Food is a necessity, so we are discussing which ones are most healthy and which are enjoyable, but maybe not perfect.

Meanwhile, cigarettes are completely harmful without any true benefit.

So there is a bit of a distinction for those inclined to see one.

I will just make my own choices and leave others to theirs while commenting that I just enjoyed a very good Sazerac with a good steak tonight.

Have I violated some moral code?

Has the restaurant committed some terrible sin by serving me what I ordered?

Is the same true of stores which sell chips and soda?

I think I would like a second drink to assist my contemplating this burning issue.

(I do hope thar neither Tulane-LSU nor Mother are overly disappointed with me at this point...)