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Well, I have to commend them on their compassion. I'm not sure I would have done the same; and that's being an epileptic myself...
I feel the same way. I got to the part where she unholstered his gun and wondered to myself if I would have that same grace.
It's been interesting to see the debate back and fourth over whether this was the right move. The moral 'you should help another human being in need' vs the logical 'don't aid the 'enemy', one less person against you+family'...
It's such a difficult decision; knowing they wouldn't help you if roles were reversed, and may even blame you if he doesn't pull through. With 12h to think sbout it; I still don't know which direction I'd go.
I do have to wonder what story the Administration is going to spin to vilify them anyway...
I mostly was thinking about it practically — it’s a pretty straightforward case to make that a federal agent feared for his life because someone handled their service weapon and that justified the use of lethal force, even by a more law-abiding federal agency during a more liberal administration.
I couldn't. Not just because it's ICE, but because if I didn't manage to save him I know I'd be charged with murder.
Saving him direcrly harms his victims. By saving him you become culpable.
Indirectly*
We've lost "literally" already.
I mean even from a purely transactional perspective, they did the best thing they could have done in that moment.
If they let him die, a brownshirt might have taken out their frustration on them.
If they shot an ICE agent and ran, they wouldn't have gotten that far and would have gotten the attention of the top Trump ghouls.
Whereas, by saving his life, they got better treatment, convinced a few brownshirts of the value of humanity, and a PR win for the anti-ICE coalition.
You're not wrong. I'm only saying what my personal thought would have been.