American shooting

Of course, we have all seen the video of the terrible killing of mother Good in Minnesota yesterday.  Of course, the online discourse mostly (but not entirely) follows political allegiance - to a really distressing degree, actually, starting at the top.

If everyone else has an opinion, I may as well put mine up:

a.    while the view of the shooter/killer was partially blocked, yeah, the lack of movement to his feet indicates that if he was touched by the car, it must have been the slightest glance.  I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't touched at all;

b.    the feet position in fact suggests that, if there was any chance of being hit at all, he only had to take one modest side step to be obviously clear of even a touch from the car; 

c.    when he fired again into her window from the side, it was at that time perfectly clear he was in no danger.  Especially if one of those bullets hit her, I don't see how that could be an act that carries no consequence;

d.    MAGA types have been putting up the blurry video (taken at great distance) of what happened from the front, and I suspect that some versions have been altered, as one version makes it look like the ICE person is actually pushed some distance by the car, which is entirely inconsistent with the clear video from the rear.   Either that or its a different incident, possibly; 

e.     It truly speaks to the fascist inclinations of MAGA supporters, and Vance and cos-playing ICE-Barbie Noem that they leapt to call her a "domestic terrorist" who intended to (or in the case of Trump, did) run over the ICE guy.   Trump is an idiot.  Vance is an appalling person.  Noem needs to go back to shooting dogs.  Basically, anyone who works for Trump is a terrible person.  (Speaking of which, Lindsay Graham could not possibly debase himself further if he tried.)

 We are all well aware that juries can be a soft touch to anyone (especially police) claiming to be "in fear of their life" and killing in alleged self defence.  But, if authorities decide to not press any prosecution to let a jury decide, when (I suspect) the majority of the country thinks he deserves punishment, it is going to cause further unrest.   (Comments on liberal videos and sites - and mainstream media - are running very strongly, in large numbers, against ICE and MAGA's pre-emptive exoneration.)

Update:

What a great online response from a Democrat:

 

Update:   The later video from the shooter's phone was immediately interpreted by MAGA types as proving the officer was justified, and many think it shows he was hit by the car.  In fact, it does not show he was touched by the car at all - you just can't tell.  The counter narrative is that it indicates that the shooting was triggered by liberal, non compliant, women mildly taunting him.  That does seems plausible, given the insult he gave after killing her, and his callous looking walk away from the scene.

Update 2:   Stephen Miller and his fascist fellows at the White House are itching to call protests against ICE operations an insurrection, no doubt as setting up the background for possible use of the Insurrection Act at some point in future, and it seems little remarked on that the officer White House spokesperson used it in a tweet in relation to this killing:

 And finally:   it is very difficult to interpret the reaction in comments to stories on the MSM, and on X and Bluesky, as indicating anything other than Vance, Trump and all their lackeys having shot themselves in the foot by their awful pre-emptive siding with the ICE officer.   It is not washing with most of the public.