This is what I posted on Facebook (more or less)
I’ve voted Democrat for most of my life. I never saw Trump as a suitable choice for President; not on many levels.
And so we saw ICE kill a US citizen who was NOT a threat to them.
Let me be clear: I am NOT one of those “no one is illegal on stolen land” types. I believe that immigration law should be enforced.
But HOW it is enforced matters. Enforcement cannot trample on our Constitutional liberties; we should NOT be a “papers please” country, even if someone has a darker skin tone or speaks with an accent.
And enforcement should follow First World norms of civility and humaneness. This means: due process (how do we know if the person in question is here illegally or not?). This means: appropriate use of force. Obviously, criminals, especially violent ones might have to be detained with force, some of it potentially lethal. But the illegal immigrant who is here to work should be treated far more humanely.
As to who is doing the enforcing, potential immigration law enforcement members should be screened for physical, psychological and emotional suitability. And the training should be thorough.
And it sure did not appear that way when Pretti was killed. ICE went across the road to confront him..for filming. He was attacked for helping a woman who fell after being sprayed. He did have a gun; that was legal; but he did not brandish it, and it appears that he was killed after the gun was taken. There was no reason at all to even attack him, much less kill him.
What we are seeing is failure on many levels.
Of course, some will applaud the killing, just as there were those who applauded the Kent State killings. We’ve always had those who liked an authoritarian government, so long as it was THEIR authoritarian in charge. And MAGAS tend to not hold philosophical principles: “whatever keeps US in charge” is what they appear to go by (and some leftists are like this too).
I sure hope this moves our conseratives away from Trumpism.
Life of an old goat 