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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ross's own cell phone video showed that he already had the vehicle's license plate number. At that point, the [b]only[/b] thing the victim was doing that was illegal was a parking violation.

Even if you want to insist that she illegally knowingly intended to disrupt a federal ICE investigation of illegal immigration by blocking their cars, a) you have evidence on his own phone that she wasn't actually blocking traffic at that moment since cars were going around her and b) these particular ICE agents weren't even on an ICE mission (as per Noem).

Even if that were the charge - it's not an emergency situation where the ICE agents need to fear for their lives. Neither charge is a violent one. No urgent action needed to be taken, like dragging a woman out of her car.  Ross already HAD the license plate number, video of the driver in the car as evidence.

Even if she were "fleeing the scene" - so what? A) It wasn't a violent crime (parking, obstructing and investigation). B) You have her - you have her plates, you know where she lives. C) They had zero reason to suspect she had something else she was hiding (like drugs, a dead body, whatever) in her car, as you might suspect at a traffic stop.  If a cop pulls someone over for speeding, and while the cop is writing out the ticket, the person speeds off in their car? Sure - that's a reason to pursue.  (Not to shoot them in the face. To pursue). But this was clearly a different situation, a different set of circumstances, as any experience law enforcement should understand.

Ross had the plate numbers, he got pissed at the wife's tone. He saw his buddies run up to the car and tell the victim to get out and saw that the victim was going to drive away. He then walked in FRONT of the car, knowing she was trying to get away. So he assumed his physical presence was going to stop her - something no law enforcement officer should ever assume - and if she failed to comply he was fully prepared to shoot her.

That's soldier mentality. Not civilian law enforcement mentality.

[b]This is why we do not have soldiers policing our streets and enforcing routine traffic laws like parking violations and speeding tickets.
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Well said. And it’s a good, albeit tragic, reminder of why we have Posse Comitatus. [/quote]

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