The ICE officer who killed a Minnesota woman is a war veteran who spent over a decade working for DHS

@MethDozer i think you missed my point. I don’t want to see other dhs or military prejudged because of the actions of one, such as the right does with trans people

@trollslayer @MethDozer. I could be wrong here, but I think at least part of MethDozer’s point here is that Ross’s military service does not in and of itself qualify him as a LEO or any type of civilian law enforcement official.

If this exact same incident had occurred in Iraq while he was deployed he would have been tried under the LOAC and UCMJ and would have been found guilty for unjustified use of deadly force.

And that would have been a war crime.

The facts appear to be: even if he was struck by the car Ross put himself at risk by placing himself in its path, Ross got out of the path of the car and Good was attempting (apparently successfully) to avoid striking him, Ross had no valid reason to fire at what is best someone fleeing, and Ross’s actions aggravated the situation and raised the threat level of the bystanders in the immediate vicinity.

@trollslayer I am making no such claims. Not about Ross. Trump’s obvious dementia speaks for itself.

As part of my service, I ran the Wounded Warriors programs at three different medical groups totaling 8 years. This included the second and third largest USAF Medical Groups. I am well aware of the demons these veterans can be forced to live with day in and day out.

As is typical of tRUMP’s misadministration, I believe that it is more likely than not that Ross was not properly screened for this type of job in the environment Demented Donnie has turned our society into.

But Ross was not in a situation that justified the use of deadly force. In fact, in the chaos and conflict that ICE had precipitated, that should have been strongly pre-briefed to every agent on the scene. Want to bet whether or not that happened? In fact, in everything I have seen & read, I can’t even tell who was in charge of the scene. Who was the Incident Commander?

Now there’s certainly mitigating factors and I am certainly sympathetic to Ross, but tRUMP’s, Noem’s, and others share a great deal of responsibility for what happened.

As always: “You can delegate authority, but you CANNOT delegate responsibility”

@trollslayer
The murdering thug is getting a paid vacation out of it and a "badge" for being a member of the killers' club. Countless enablers will make sure that he gets off without any negative consequences. Expect lots more of such murders this year.