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US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
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this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2026
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That's the extra stupidness of this who "self-defense" claim. Even if the guy was actually in danger, even if it had actually been her intent to mow him down... the response was not defensive in the slightest. The danger was a moving vehicle that might be intended to hit him His response was to ensure that vehicle kept moving, and to now do so completely aimlessly and make it an even bigger threat, while making sure that at minimum one person died in the process. And that's beside the fact that he voluntarily walked right into the only path her vehicle could have taken before shooting her. What a masterful defensive strategist you are.
"Well I thought the guy was gonna shoot me with his revolver, so I shot him in the face first, then I took his revolver, gave the cylinder a spin, put the barrel to my temple and pulled the trigger. When that chamber proved to be unloaded, I started flipping the gun wildly and pulling the trigger more in random directions to make sure the rest of the chambers were cleared. Thank god for my quick thinking. Defense."
They don't want logic. They want a righteous kill.
I saw someone say the officer's cell phone video wasn't released to clear him, it was released so people could see that the women were being contentious and were lesbians, therefore showing maga it was a good kill.
It's not about does it make sense. It's "Were they the enemy?" To maga they were.