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Doesn't seem to be the case from what I've seen.
I don't see why so many want to make this dude a hero. Really... Why?
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It was, at the least, an overreaction and unprofessional.
Sort of to be expected, tho, when a job is so difficult and unpleasant, that it becomes hard to find anyone willing to do it. The hiring standards sink and the employees feel like they work in a war zone and are constantly on edge. Sort of like being a cop in Baltimore. Or working for the fire department in Hamburg.
Working for ICE is now probably more dangerous than joining the Marines.
Yup.
Not a hero, also not a murderer.
Agree on the first, disagree on the second.
Can we move along now?
Murder requires malice and aforethought. He didn't pick her out weeks ago and stalk her around and wait to attack her, or something.
This looks more like a lesser degree of manslaughter, at the most.
I don't agree. Second-degree seems like the most reasonable designation. He chose to pull out his sidearm and shoot her multiple times.
I think they're trained to keep shooting, if they start. But also to avoid starting.
The whole scene is a bewildering circus. And there were apparently run-ins with her before. Their apparent overreaction might be caused by some previous incident. These can be mitigating circumstances.
I'm withholding judgement. Only a jury will see everything.
Oh, I am certainly trained to shoot until the threat is neutralized, and, frankly will do just that if I am at the point where I have drawn my own weapon to defend me or mine.
You are right about it being a circus.
They are.
This entire situation was a perfect example of the poor security measures and incompetence within US law enforcement agencies.
We should expect it to get worse. They apparently doubled the size of the force and cut the training time, just this year, and immediately put the newbies in the fray.
And then there is all of that MAGA bling bling stuff, trying to look Tough on Crime, before the Midterms. Same as they've been doing with the National Guard.
*nods*
A perfect recipe for disaster. As planned. IMO.
I am attributing malice to the fact of when he drew his pistol.
But, if it came up in a court and he was tried and convicted of manslaughter, I would be satisfied with that outcome.
This might helps understanding agents. But all this explanations would never change a thing that a murder has to go to prison.
Only because there is a logic, that has lead to murder, does not change something in the fact, that it is still murder.
No matter if he is afraid, stressed, bad educated or what preconditions a person has.
It is the law of the land, to take mitigating circumstances into consideration, when deciding the charges. That is the same, in Switzerland.
For sure they are might able to lower the sentence, when it can be shown, that the murder does feel guilty and would not do it never again.
But those circumstances can not lead to be freed from the charges.
These kind of incentives can make the decision easier to get that job and then deal with the consequences...
"Incentives to become an ICE agent include a signing bonus of up to $50,000, student loan repayment and forgiveness options, overtime pay, and enhanced retirement benefits. The agency aims to hire 10,000 new personnel as part of its recruitment drive."
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0deac5ee-78c8-4ff7-9eb8-3c91603e8495.html
Yup. It is attractive until it isn't.