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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is very scary because it could be any one of us going about our day when menacing ICE thugs show up.  This country is going to hell.[/quote]

I was telling my DH the same thing. Over my lifetime, I've been stopped several times by local cops for minor traffic offenses. Each time I was so flustered that I couldn't think straight. It could have easily been me trying to drive away from an LEO and doing it in such a way that I gave them the wrong impression and they felt compelled to fire in to my car. Luckily, most local cops are not so trigger-happy, especially around white women like me driving a mom van in my peaceful, mostly-white suburb. [/quote]

Exactly this. I've been pulled over a few times for minor traffic things over the years, and during those initial moments when the lights are flashing and I pull over to the side over the road, my heart's racing, adrenaline's flowing, I'm not thinking clearly, etc. [/quote]

But prior to them approaching her, they were yelling at her to move the vehicle.  Why didn’t she drive away then?  [/quote]

How do you know she wasn’t about to? Was there a requirement to react in 5 seconds as opposed to 10?[/quote]

Watch the NYT video. It looks like she is starting to move at 1:20, but hits the brakes because another car is moving around her at that time. That's when the pick up truck pulls up and the agents approach her. She probably paused to see what would happen or what they would say. When they get aggressive, pull on her door, and tell her to get out of the f** car,  that's when she starts moving the car again.

I think if the pick up truck hadn't pulled up, it looks like she was ready to drive off at that time.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html
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