In an excellent “Another Viewpoint” essay, Michael McAuliffe described an “unambiguous threat of harm” with respect to what can happen when the driver of a moving vehicle is shot. A more significant unambiguous threat of harm would appear to be from ICE itself.
Anyone watching the video of the shooting can see Renee Good had stopped and was waiting for traffic. She can be seen waving them through. The driver’s side ICE agent moved forcefully, purposefully and threateningly toward her vehicle, attempting to force open her driver’s door.
Who in their right mind would willingly stick around to see what this aggressive person does next? When Renee Good tried to move away, she was shot, point blank, three times.
Given this and other recent events, it appears the only difference between what’s happening in America today and what happens in Russia and elsewhere is the geographic location.
Paul Appenzeller, Boynton Beach
Wait for the facts
People want it both ways, irrational as that may be.
They criticize the government for not doing enough fast enough in a natural disaster, yet when they occur, government responds, not always perfectly with manpower and money for as long as it takes to restore normalcy.
People are outraged by how our borders were overrun with illegal, undesirable, dangerous immigrants, but when government tries to control immigration so only those who are eligible can enter the country, people who wanted safety verbally attack government.
Presidents try their best, as imperfect as it may be. If we are displeased, we can vote them out in the next election.
The murder of George Floyd led to demands for defunding the police, which would have endangered us all. Now the attack is against ICE, when what we need is a full, fair, speedy investigation.
Seymour Brotman, Delray Beach
Defending the ICE agent
I read the “Another Viewpoint” by Laurence Miller, a 30-year police psychologist, on the shooting death of Renee Good. I’ve heard all these assessments in my 30-year federal law enforcement career.
Do I think Ms. Good was an innocent murder victim? No, I do not. Do I think she was a domestic terrorist intent on destroying the U.S.? No, I do not think that, either.
I believe she was a fool. To please her wife, an arrogant militant, she put herself in harm’s way. To make their lives have relevance, they impeded ICE’s ability to carry out its lawful mission. Assuming there would be few consequences for what they were doing, they were mistaken. Their egregious miscalculation cost Renee Good her life.
Should the officer be charged for killing Ms. Good? No. In danger himself, his actions were legally justified.
I’ve been on the front lines many times in bitter cold, dealing with fools. A split-second decision is too difficult to explain why one person acts completely different than another when both received the same training. The officer did what he was trained to do, and Renee Good brought what happened on herself.
Gerry Franciosa, Boynton Beach
Fooling the people
Trump says he will go to Iran if the Islamic State kills and attacks peaceful protesters, while his regime kills and attacks peaceful protesters in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the U.S.
Trump says he wants to restore democracy in Venezuela while he destroys democracy in the U.S.
Trump says his administration is going after the worst of the worst, while he and his Cabinet members are exactly that. It’s all a tactic to fool the American people.
Michael Spatz, Fort Lauderdale
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