Bimbo and the Nazi

[eddiememphis]

A completely innocent woman, poet, and mother of three was mercilessly slaughtered by an overzealous federal agent following the president's fascistic orders.

A dirty hippie agitator committed several felonies by interfering, obstructing, refusing orders and attempted murder of federal police agents while they were performing their voter mandated duties.

When this incident occurred, there was instant polarization among all the media I was able to consume. It is both hilarious and disheartening, the tribalism that appeared by this event. Many on the right instantly labeled it as domestic terrorism. The left straight up called it murder and for protesters to start arming themselves.

Only one guy got it right. Tom Homan, the "border Czar" said this, "It'd be unprofessional to comment on what I think happened in that situation," Homan said. "Let the investigation play out and hold people accountable based on the investigation."

"Let's decrease the temperature here," Homan said on a Friday episode of The Dr. Phil Podcast. "Let the investigation play out."

Did the woman go too far in her agitator cosplay, thinking that there would be no repercussions? Yes.
Did the ice agent overreact to the situation? Possibly. There can be arguments made for both sides.

Do both sides of the issue want to see their base stirred up over this incident? Undoubtedly.

[theGinsue]

This event has certainly garnered the attention of the country in a very polarizing manner.

There is a concerted effort to make this event into George Floyd 2.0 and it doesn't hurt that it occurred in Minneapolis, where the George Floyd incident transpired.

This was a very unfortunate situation that never should have happened, but I can see why it did.

I don't know who they are, but there are people, organizations, cabal, whatever, out there pushing for increasing chaos in our streets. Their intent is clearly to create a greater divide amongst the people. I can only assume that their ultimate goal is to bring complete collapse to the United States but it also serves to distract everyone from anything else going on behind the scenes.

During the Vietnam era we saw a lot of unrest in our country, but it never reached the severity of what we're seeing today. People are being agitated and encouraged to go out and commit ever increasing acts of violence against not just authorities, but against members of their own communities. Ms. Good took to this programming and it precipitated her death.

I don't expect to see the rhetoric toned down by those pushing for these sorts of events. I don't see mass media stepping in to encourage people to step back and take a deep breath. I think it will be up to folks like us and others to de-escalate the situation before it grows completely out of control.

We're living in interesting times and I honestly believe that everything we've been raised in, our nation and our values, hangs in the balance.

[FoxtArt]

Did she make several mistakes/commit potential crimes? Probably. Haven't watched all of it.

Did the ICE agent fire shots without reasonable fear of bodily injury? Probably.

Is the ICE agent representative of other ICE agents? Some people suck, not all of them.

The way I view it is not much different than a robbery gone wrong; it's a tragedy, and I don't think the agent was well-justified to shoot, but that's about the extent of it. We've all known shitty coworkers, shitty officers, whatever, and people that can't keep their cool in even remotely spicy circumstances, that ICE agent should face investigation and charges if appropriate, but that's about the extent of it.

Absolutely correct in both sides trying to plant a flag on something that isn't anything more than the above ^^

[eddiememphis]

During the Vietnam era we saw a lot of unrest in our country, but it never reached the severity of what we're seeing today.

I disagree with this, although I only know about it from what I have read. I was not born until after that era.

There were thousands of political bombings between '65 and '72. 2500 of them in '71-'72.

We are not at that level of violence yet. I don't know that the unrest we are seeing today is more widespread or not. Obviously just by population increase, more people are participating.

With ubiquity of cell phones, Internet platforms and "independent journalism", plus a 24 hour news cycle, there's a lot more coverage of each incident.

I do agree with much of what else you wrote. There are people on both sides of the political spectrum that hope for and foment civil unrest for their own nefarious reasons.

[APEXgunparts]

When I was in high school ( mid 1970's) I met a medically retired Army officer who lead an Infantry company (from Fort Bragg ) as they tried to clear streets in Chicago during the riots of 1968.
It sounded really awful, with his Soldiers taking fire from upper windows in buildings.
Everyone knew the Soldiers could not return fire, but what he did do was fix bayonets.
He and his Soldiers were able to clear the city blocks as he was ordered, and the rioters went to other sectors.
There has been some really bad unrest in this countries past.
Vets stormed Washington post WW1 seeking their benefits, the Army sent the cavalry out to stop them.
That had to have been really ugly.

What doesn't help is officials like the mayor of Minneapolis and the Governor making statements to incite further unrest / violence.
With the help of AI now some really bad images and video can be created to push people.

Richard

[Sawin]

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With the help of AI now some really bad images and video can be created to push people.

Richard

Oh boy ain’t that the truth. Think we’ve seen “fake news” this far? Ha! It’s gonna get way worse… people just need to keep their senses about them.