by Eddie Scarry at the Federalist
The logical conclusion to the Democrat position, then, is that it’s never justified to use lethal force on a criminal suspect, so long as she’s fleeing the scene.
e’re back to pretending there’s a debate to be had over whether someone recklessly disobeying law enforcement was justified in getting whacked. Per usual, Democrats and the dying news media are insisting it’s a civil right on par with free speech to not only interfere with arrests but to endanger the lives of government officials and innocent pedestrians in the process.
Minneapolis this week saw the deadly shooting of a 37-year-old woman who used her two-ton SUV to block a street patrolled by police and immigration enforcement agents. Several videos from different angles all show the same thing.
While officials are posted up in their vehicles, pedestrians are blowing whistles and yelling in protest. Renee Nicole Good, the now-deceased woman, has her Honda Pilot parked longways in the center of the street, obstructing traffic. When three officers approach Good and command her to exit the vehicle, she puts her car into reverse before shifting forward and flooring the gas pedal, apparently striking one of the agents on his left side. That officer had his weapon drawn for her to see, and when she failed to brake, he fired multiple rounds. The SUV then slams high-speed into another parked car on the road’s left shoulder.
An investigation is pending, and in the meantime, Democrat leaders and their supporters in the dying media are faulting law enforcement. “This was clearly not with any sort of intention to run somebody over but to get out of there,” Democrat Minneapolis Mayor and Somali whisperer Jacob Frey said Wednesday on CNN. “And you don’t need a legal degree to know that that does not authorize the use of deadly force.”
The Washington Post on Thursday ran headlines like…
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