Pulling out his gun should have been the last thing on his mind GIVEN THE SITUATION. This woman was being a nusance.

And to pull the gun out when he thought he was going to get run over makes little sense - first instict should have been to get the hell out of the way if he thought he was in danger - not to fire at her, and then to fire additioanl shots after he was in the clear.

When you consider it's their own policy not to shoot at a moving vehicle AND avoiding a moving car is safer than firing at it - you can just see this entire event was a clusterf*ck. Approaching that car and drawing his gun should have been the LAST thing on his mind - given the sitiuation.

This guy won't see jail time IMO - but he should be given the boot from the force.

But the way this adminstration gets so butt hurt over any criticism, it won't happen.

Over what? Their own safety? That would imply the civilian is attempting to maim or injure them, and the officer should just let them do it.
Sorry its perfectly reasonable for the police to have their safety as a priority when dealing with hostile civilians.

What you fail to realize, in this situation, is the ICE agent handled the situation completely wrong. Mind you, the procedures are there for exactly this situation - where the civilian is being uncooperative. And that's important to realize - she was being uncooperative! Not a person of interest they were seeking to arrest!

1. ICE approaching/standing in front of the car rather than approaching from the side (procedure and common sense).
2. Filming with his phone.
3. Drawing his gun rather than simply avoiding the car.

This agent basically did everything wrong - by the book - and it resulted in a civilian being killed.

In the courts - he'll get self defense - but an agent with that much experience really f*cked up over something so benign.

**immunity**

JD Vance says the ICE officier has "full ummunity"?

Some law I am unaware of?

No worries of course, Trump will pardon him.

LOL, this is news?

Trump can analyze his way out of a paper bag.

BTW, DHS policy; 'DHS law enforcement officers are prohibited from discharging firearms at the operator of a moving vehicle or other conveyance.'

Should have all been avoided by stepping out of the way and arresting the person afterwards (if that was what they wished to do).

Getting anywhere near the front of the car was poor judgement on his part. IF anything, he should have approached the car on the passenger's side.

He put himself in a bad situation and it turned out horribly.

And as I've heard many professionals, as law enforcement in this situation, he should have simply avoided the car and persued afterwards. Was not a person of interest nor was she bearing arms. If they wanted to arrest her after the fact, they easily could have ID'd her.

Bad police work, simply put.

I find it very sad that after shooting - he simply walks the other way.........really as if he was put out.

Wouldn't the normal response by law enforcement to run after the car and see the status of the victim. The car actually rammed into other cars and a very high speed.

This guy is a coward.

Also if you watch the slowed down video, he did backup once he heard the wheel spin.

Additionally, maybe backing up more and stepping aside/getting the hell out of the way if he felt endangered was the more prudent way to go rather than fire RIGHT INTO THE WINDSHIELD.

This was not a suspect or person of interest.

"The officers calmly walked up and attempted to open her car door."

LOL, who the hell said that, Noem?

Same thing in the Ashli case, she wasn't the person actually breaking in, but it was part of a mob banging on the door.

Not really the same thing - he's endangering HIS partner. It wasn't someone related to the driver LOL

If I'm his partner, I'm like WTF are you doing - you could have shot me over this BS.

"barely"....doesn't matter. You don't get barely pregnant.

Perhaps a bad choice of words by me, but why is he drawing that gun?

I know - because he thought he was going to get run over, right?

Honestly, simply moving out of the way - rather than firing gun shots - is actually the better way for self perservation.

He wanted to pull that gun and intimidate her..............

The other thing to consider is, given the situation and the driver, he fires at the car endangering his partner who is on the passenger side door.

This was not an armed person or even a person of interest - again - this is an unforced error via horrible law enforcement principles.

Why does he think he needs to step out in front of a moving vehicle and pull his weapon the driver?

I can tell you exactly why.

He was going to point that gun at her and yell to get out of the car - extensively a power trip which was NOT needed in this situation.

This was not a person they needed to apprehend.

true but misleading, watch #227, he shot multiple times. His first shot was head on as he was trying to move out of the way.

C'mon dude - he's reaching for his gun before she is barely moving forward.

You can't believe that is warranted given what she was doing.

I also assume this is a State issue, not a federal case?

Politically this will really hurt the GOP.

Republicans and MAGA will be on the defense, but the indepedents will look at this and say - is this really what we signed up for? Killing a US citizen when you promised to get rid the of the worse of the worst illegals?

Expect this to be exploited in ads come midterms.

He posted that hours ago, right after it happened, FYI

Which makes sense, as usual, clueless.

Noem has said the ICE agent was hit by the car.

True?

Agent actually shot as she was driving by.

That's true...........

I think pulling his gun, given what I saw, was unnecessary. You can see the ICE agent going for the door was being very aggressive. But, he didn't pull his gun.

This person wasn't doing something that required a drawn gun, IMO. In fact, I think your first reaction should be to simply avoid being hit by the car (if that is in fact your fear). But to pull a gun, don't see it.

Of course what I think and what passes in a court room are two differnt things lol

As Gal and I both pointed out, seeing how much experience this person has will be interesting.

However some people were waved in by capitol police.

It's sad that you actually have to throw that in. Waved in after they busted down the door? lol

Can you say that Trump should have been impeached? I bet you can't.

Gotta admit, the slo mo Gail put out there looks really bad for this agent.

Shooting that way - completely unnecessary.

Sloppy as hell, results in a killing.

And I'm sure you also agree they shouldn't have all been pardoned.

Glad we agree some people - well many - deserved jail time.

Looking at the video in slow motion, I can't help but ask: Why did the shooter pull his gun on her in the first place?

Said the same exact thing!

That looks bad.

Here we go again, as I said on another thread.

Shoot first, ask questions later.

Bad law enforcement.