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Culture War Roundup for the week of January 5, 2026

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Fuckwit B, having previously been hit by a car driven by another suspect in the line of duty, decided it would be a great idea to again stand in the path of a suspect's car, thereby turning any escape attempt into an assault with a deadly weapon. Rather than brandishing his weapon and making his threat explicit, he waited for her to move the car forward. At that point, he drew his gun and shot her, an act which would not have saved him if she had aimed for him. By the time he fired his shots, he was already out of danger.

What are you talking about? An officer is not supposed to just "brandish his weapon" at someone sitting in a stopped car. There are rules about that. Likewise, where do you think an officer is supposed to stand relative to a stopped car? You're not supposed to make it easier for someone to escape in case they decide to use lethal force. There are rules about that.

You're calling the guy a "fuckwit" (cringe) for following standard police protocols.

So standard police procedures are to stand in front of a car, relying on your quickdraw skills to be able to shoot the driver if she starts to accelerate towards you before get run over (which would empirically not prevent you from getting run over -- if she had aimed for him as he had aimed for her, then he would be lucky to be in a wheelchair)? Do you have any citation to back that up?

I have already quoted the CBP guidelines about "do not block the path of a vehicle with your body" elsewhere in this discussion. I see this as clear evidence that the shooters behavior is not "standard police protocols". If you want to argue that for ICE it is, please provide evidence.

Your idea seems to be that the ICE officer is a “fuckwit” for not actively aiming his gun at a woman in a stopped car. Your very strong opinion that he should not have been in front of the car is based on very ambiguous video evidence, nobody can even agree if he was in front of or to the side of her car before she turned her wheels. And now you want citations to prove that cops don’t wave their guns around at civilians and can’t walk in front of a parked car.

This is very stupid. I’m not sure there’s a nicer word. You would be better off arguing that the ICE officer should have exercised magically perfect split-second decision making. Because what you are actually suggesting is that the ICE officer shouldn’t have shot her, he should have just aimed his gun at her. Actually I don’t need a citation to know that’s not how cops work.

You're not supposed to make it easier for someone to escape in case they decide to use lethal force.

I think you are, actually. For good reason. You're putting your life in the driver's hands in the hopes he doesn't call your bluff and just run you over. If the priority is officer safety, how is this a good move?

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