by Navigator » Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:25 pm
The first issue I want to get into further is ICE.
To start, I do laud their mission of deporting illegal aliens who have broken laws. I hope even the left is ok with that, but unfortunately it doesn't appear so.
Also unfortunate was the super rapid expansion of ICE. I am pretty sure that in hiring as many new agents as they could over the last year, that they picked up quite a number of police academy drop outs and police department wash outs. Police departments (and academies) know that someone who is a "hothead" should not be in law enforcement. They lose control of their emotions, do something uncalled for (usually violence), and then the department and its municipality end up getting sued for millions. So, when they have evidence, or even a strong inkling that this is the case, they get rid of them before they have tenure (after which they know the unions will protect them, and they can't get rid of them, as was the case with Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd).
So, ICE evidently has a number of hot heads in its ranks.
Now, on the other side, people in Minnesota were actively trying to stop ICE officers making arrests. Impeding officers trying to make arrests is technically "obstruction of justice", and is usually a class B misdemeanor - meaning up to 6 months in jail (though this is rare, and unheard of for 1st offense). Also, I would add, that while you may not go to jail for this, you can very well end up getting a beat down by a couple of burly guys who actually have the law on their side in doing so. I would not, ever, confront US law enforcement in this way.
The first ICE case involving a shooting was the lady who tried to run over the ICE officer with her car. Believe it or not, used in this way, a car is a deadly weapon. This officer had every right to shoot the driver, as he justifiably feared for his life. As a side note, the partner of the driver, filming the incident, was heard to shout "How do you even have real bullets?" after the shooting. Unbelievable that someone is so naive as to think law enforcement isn't armed with deadly force.
The second ICE case involves the shooting of the armed nurse. This person had not brandished the weapon. It was only found when scuffling with the ICE officers. The gun was taken away by one of them. Only AFTER that happened did a couple of other ICE officers fatally shoot him. This was NOT justified, and was probably the result of the "hotheads" I wrote about earlier. In this case, the officers involved should be held accountable. The penalty for obstructing justice is not death. No officer's life was in danger. Granted, the guy was an idiot for engaging in impeding an arrest while armed with a deadly weapon, but, again, law enforcement can't loose control of their emotions and start shooting. They MUST follow the protocols and procedures.
It is wise to have them move on to de-escalate the situation in Minnesota and focus elsewhere for a while. When they do go back to Minnesota (and they should be doing this wherever they go), they need to also arrest people for obstruction of justice when they act like the anti-ICE people did.
The first issue I want to get into further is ICE.
To start, I do laud their mission of deporting illegal aliens who have broken laws. I hope even the left is ok with that, but unfortunately it doesn't appear so.
Also unfortunate was the super rapid expansion of ICE. I am pretty sure that in hiring as many new agents as they could over the last year, that they picked up quite a number of police academy drop outs and police department wash outs. Police departments (and academies) know that someone who is a "hothead" should not be in law enforcement. They lose control of their emotions, do something uncalled for (usually violence), and then the department and its municipality end up getting sued for millions. So, when they have evidence, or even a strong inkling that this is the case, they get rid of them before they have tenure (after which they know the unions will protect them, and they can't get rid of them, as was the case with Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd).
So, ICE evidently has a number of hot heads in its ranks.
Now, on the other side, people in Minnesota were actively trying to stop ICE officers making arrests. Impeding officers trying to make arrests is technically "obstruction of justice", and is usually a class B misdemeanor - meaning up to 6 months in jail (though this is rare, and unheard of for 1st offense). Also, I would add, that while you may not go to jail for this, you can very well end up getting a beat down by a couple of burly guys who actually have the law on their side in doing so. I would not, ever, confront US law enforcement in this way.
The first ICE case involving a shooting was the lady who tried to run over the ICE officer with her car. Believe it or not, used in this way, a car is a deadly weapon. This officer had every right to shoot the driver, as he justifiably feared for his life. As a side note, the partner of the driver, filming the incident, was heard to shout "How do you even have real bullets?" after the shooting. Unbelievable that someone is so naive as to think law enforcement isn't armed with deadly force.
The second ICE case involves the shooting of the armed nurse. This person had not brandished the weapon. It was only found when scuffling with the ICE officers. The gun was taken away by one of them. Only AFTER that happened did a couple of other ICE officers fatally shoot him. This was NOT justified, and was probably the result of the "hotheads" I wrote about earlier. In this case, the officers involved should be held accountable. The penalty for obstructing justice is not death. No officer's life was in danger. Granted, the guy was an idiot for engaging in impeding an arrest while armed with a deadly weapon, but, again, law enforcement can't loose control of their emotions and start shooting. They MUST follow the protocols and procedures.
It is wise to have them move on to de-escalate the situation in Minnesota and focus elsewhere for a while. When they do go back to Minnesota (and they should be doing this wherever they go), they need to also arrest people for obstruction of justice when they act like the anti-ICE people did.