A person was shot by a federal law enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening after resisting arrest and “violently assaulting” an officer, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement, as the city is still reeling in the aftermath of last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    but if this is true and someone attacked a cop, being shot in the leg doesn’t seem like an unfair response

    I think that’s the crux of it…

    What’s the chance of a federal officer involved shooting where they show a reasonable reaction?

    Like, it’s not exactly common, and even when obvious murder they immediately claim it was defensive.

    It’s “boy who called wolf”, no one is going to believe them. Even if there’s video of a guy charging ICE, to say they’re not at fault in anyway is stripping all context from the situation.

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      3 hours ago

      I don’t believe a single fucking word — and that’s an earned reputation.

      Fucking brown shirts.