THE BOOT IS ON OUR NECK, AND THE GUN IS AT OUR HEAD...
In our nation, the government is, theoretically, subservient and accountable to, the people. It has certain specified, limited, and enumerated powers. It is subject to the restrictions of the Constitution. It is not an absolute power unto itself. It is prohibited from arbitrarily, and without Due Process, depriving anyone of their life.
In our free society, police, ICE and other agents of the government are only justified in stopping us from going about our affairs if they have reasonable cause to believe we have committed a crime. There has been no claim Ms. Good was suspected of having committed any crime. There was no legal basis for the officers to attempt to stop her, and forcibly open her car door: that was unlawful and unjustified. She was entirely within her rights to drive away, as she attempted to do. As former Supreme Court Justice Brandeis described it:
"[The Founding Fathers] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone – the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men. To protect that right, every unjustifiable intrusion by the Government upon the privacy of the individual, whatever the means employed, must be deemed a violation of the Fourth Amendment."
The Officers had no legal basis to attempt to impede Ms. Good or prevent her from leaving, just as the officer who fired his gun - based upon the video evidence - had no reason to believe his life or anyone else's was in danger. With their masks, and lack of badge numbers displayed upon their uniforms, and with incitement from the White House, ICE has become intoxicated with power. Ms. Good's execution was not an isolated event. It is part of a far broader campaign by ICE of deliberate disrespect and disregard for our Constitutional rights. They are a militarized force that seeks to occupy our neighborhoods, and to intimidate and brutalize those who protest their misconduct.
The officer who pulled the trigger, and ultimately this administration, must be held accountable. This administration's wall of lies and mischaracterization of the events surrounding this shooting is rebutted by the video evidence we can see for ourselves. Their attempts to justify this shooting, and the shameless lies they tell us in order to do so, are further evidence of their complicity in, and support for, ICE's pattern of unjustified use of force, in this case, deadly force. ICE, at the direction of president Trump and Ms. Noem, are intentionally seeking to intimidate our fellow citizens and to terrorize us through the unjustified and unlawful use of violence. The boot is on our neck and the gun is at our head. We cannot permit this campaign of terror to continue in our nation. ICE, and this administration, must be held to account.