This obsession with intent is retarded. Law and order can't be based on the unfalsifiable feelings of people. It's a straight road to bad faith actors being permanently innocent.
She was given a lawful order to stop. She disobeyed, recklessly tried to flee in her vehicle, and literally hit a federal officer. Minnesota courts have ruled that a vehicle is a deadly weapon in such situations, so the officer was perfectly within his rights to defend himself using deadly force.
Trying to suss out her "intentions" is idiotic. She could have a written sign on top of the car saying "I'm not trying to harm anyone", and that wouldn't change the reality of what she did.
Seriously, we need to get away from this "empathetic" bullshit that has infested our justice system. For one, it's a standard that is only ever applied to one side; no one on the left ever cares about a conservative criminal's "intentions". For two, we're in a cold civil war between people who hate each other. No one believes the other side's self-reported "emotion data".
I think leftists are pathologically dishonest because they don't believe in objective reality. Why would I permit their subjective testimony (aka lies) to mitigate circumstances in their favor? If society is going to mediate conflicts between groups who have every reason to lie about each other, then emperical evidence is all that matters.
Intent is irrelevant. If I go 100 mph in a school zone & hit some kids? "I didn't intend to hit them!" will not get charges dropped.
She was deliberately blocking the road to prevent ICE from doing their lawful duties. She was given a lawful order. She hit the gas on purpose and she actually did strike the officer who'd shot her.
One of the videos shows her hit the agent though. I'm not sure the mental intent of the driver negates any self defense argument, considering the successful contact. While also breaking the law.
It wasn't clear to me from the video that she was trying to ram anyone.
This obsession with intent is retarded. Law and order can't be based on the unfalsifiable feelings of people. It's a straight road to bad faith actors being permanently innocent.
She was given a lawful order to stop. She disobeyed, recklessly tried to flee in her vehicle, and literally hit a federal officer. Minnesota courts have ruled that a vehicle is a deadly weapon in such situations, so the officer was perfectly within his rights to defend himself using deadly force.
Trying to suss out her "intentions" is idiotic. She could have a written sign on top of the car saying "I'm not trying to harm anyone", and that wouldn't change the reality of what she did.
Seriously, we need to get away from this "empathetic" bullshit that has infested our justice system. For one, it's a standard that is only ever applied to one side; no one on the left ever cares about a conservative criminal's "intentions". For two, we're in a cold civil war between people who hate each other. No one believes the other side's self-reported "emotion data".
I think leftists are pathologically dishonest because they don't believe in objective reality. Why would I permit their subjective testimony (aka lies) to mitigate circumstances in their favor? If society is going to mediate conflicts between groups who have every reason to lie about each other, then emperical evidence is all that matters.
All Muslims would have signs above their head that say, “just trying to bring peace!” While they hack at you with machetes for being an infidel.
James Fields wasn’t either -
If he was - he would have hit many more…
Intent is irrelevant. If I go 100 mph in a school zone & hit some kids? "I didn't intend to hit them!" will not get charges dropped.
She was deliberately blocking the road to prevent ICE from doing their lawful duties. She was given a lawful order. She hit the gas on purpose and she actually did strike the officer who'd shot her.
Retarded faggot alert
One of the videos shows her hit the agent though. I'm not sure the mental intent of the driver negates any self defense argument, considering the successful contact. While also breaking the law.