I’d like to quote Heather Cox Richardson’s take on this shooting:
I think this could be correct. The video should show the victim very visibly turning the wheel of the car to the right (with the wheels following suit), AWAY from where the shooter was standing. Then show the liars lying (Donald, Noem, Vance—all saying some variation of ‘she tried to run him down, he was in fear for his life.’
Make the lies crystal-clear as lies.
And as far as the lie that the shooter was ‘in fear for his life’----note that he was filming the interaction the entire time. How does that reconcile with “afraid for his life”???
I refer to the video released today. (This Reuters page does include an ad first, but then we get the full video----including the shooter, presumably, saying “fucking bitch” after doing the murder. Note that Fox News has been showing this WITHOUT the remark.
So Jonathan Ross was so terrified for his life that he was filming the interaction.
He was MAKING CONTENT.
What I want to know is: is Noem offering bonuses to ICE people who provide Content that thrills the Base??
Was that what happened, or was it bodycam footage? I’m honestly unsure.
I’m going with phone footage since he’s using the recording device to get a clear picture of the license plate (another chilling detail).
At 0:33 in the video on this page you can see the ICE agent using his cell phone to record in the reflection on the car the woman he shot was driving.
Yeah. It sure looks like:
- Pistol in his right hand
- Cell phone in his left hand
Just like they teach at the Academy [/s]
Thank you.
The fact that this is so bizarre is what makes me suspect he was incentivized to do this by cash (from DHS).
I suppose he might be ambitious to become an Influencer, instead. Though what he’d be influencing doesn’t bear thinking of.
He has a Rittenhouse sort of career ahead of him, potentially.
It seems to have gone down like this:
- Woman: “I am not even mad at you.” (actual quote)
- ICE Agent: Bang bang (shoots and kills woman)
- ICE Agent: “Fucking bitch.” (actual quote)
It worries me that a lot of people in the US will see the ICE Agent as some kind of hero. He’ll probably make a lot of money on Go Fund Me for this.
They do seem like a good match, character-wise.
As I noted above, the word is (I haven’t confirmed) that Fox News is showing Ross’s footage but cutting before the “fucking bitch” part. Presumably in the service of, as you note, letting people see him as a hero. Fox probably likes the fact that Good and her partner were clearly being sassy with Mr. Law Enforcement, and they like the message ‘mouth off to us and you will die.’
Of course the videos we’ve seen of this, Ross’s and the first one, do NOT support “hero”. So Vance et al are yelling extra loud about the victim being Part of a Left-Wing Terror Cell.
Stupid people, no doubt, are buying it. But most independents (I’d guess) will be skeptical. The Left-Wing Terror Cell thing is just so patently absurd.
How, how, how can you be an indpendent and be skeptical of an obvious traitor. That is not independent.
The chief of the Standing Rock Sioux says ICE is not welcome in their territory.
Wounded Knee, Part Three, soon at a Fox News near you…
… Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status. …
I don’t know about you, but I’m on the fence.
It’s said to be forgivable that ICE guy shot her because at an earlier date, he was dragged by a suspect. In that incident, it was claimed that he broke the rear side window, and was reaching around to unlock the driver’s door. Either the car was running and he reached in, or the guy started it while the ICE agent’s arm was inside, and he left it there. Pretty stupid either way. What I don’t understand is why one of the agents didn’t feign a strike, like a basketball player pretending to be fouled. Just jumping back dramatically would have sold the regime’s narrative a little better.