Lots Of Heat, Little Light

     There's a war of words between the federal government on one hand and Minnesota state and Minneapolis local officials on the other hand over the shooting of a middle-aged white woman by a masked, middle-aged white man.  He is an ICE (or other DHS) agent.  She was apparently some kind of volunteer monitor.  Everyone's description of the events and individuals is highly politicized, and you can go look at the video from multiple angles before making up your own mind.  (I will note that pictures claiming to show the agent's face are AI fakes.)

     It's screwed-up all around, a literal example of why it is dangerous to get crossways with law enforcement.  Nevertheless, in such conflicts, it is not unreasonable to expect the officers to behave in an adult and responsible manner.  I get complaints when I point this out, but multiple LEOs with radios and guns and qualified immunity against one or two non-LEO individuals is not an even contest.  Shouting conflicting commands means compliance is impossible -- and makes tragedy all but inevitable.

     "She shouldn't have been there," yeah, maybe not; but there she was, on a public street.  Should we all have to get urban-combat training before we leave the driveway?  Intentional or accidental, you can find yourself in the middle of a law enforcement action before you know what's going on -- even if you thought you knew what was going on.

     Government agents shouldn't be killing random people.  Not even inconvenient or annoying random people.

     This is the stuff of bad Cold War fiction set in the repressive dictatorships of the Warsaw Pact.  We shouldn't have Feds LARPing it on American streets.