As much as he may have fucked up, I still reserve more criticism for her. She was there to specifically and deliberately agitate the officers and obstruct their operation and got herself killed as a result of the very volatile situation she helped create.
He may have had responsibilities as a professionally trained officer but she had responsibilities as an adult not to interfere with law enforcement officers.
Looks like we agree on a lot. They’re both definitely at fault.
Where we disagree is on how much blame is to be placed on each one. I can give my thoughts on this and why but I don’t expect us to see eye-to-eye on it.
Good: I think she was trying to agitate ICE. Whether we agree with those views of her or not, I think much of what she was trying to do was still under the protection of the 1st Amendment. Where she crossed the line into breaking the law, in my opinion, is possibly a traffic violation as she had her vehicle in an awkward position and definitely when making contact with the officer. We agree that it was an accident but I think we’ll agree that she still deserves to be severely punished with jail time.
Russ: I’ve already explained that I think he handled the situation very poorly. I don’t think that was anything close to a lethal threat from that distance and that angle. He may have been extra trigger-happy due to the precious incident he had where a car dragged him.
I think we’ll agree that they’re both at fault. Here’s the difference as far as I’m concerned. While both of these people made mistakes, only one of these mistakes directly caused the death of another person.
I don’t think all mistakes are equal due to the significance of the outcome. An office worker making a big mistake on a report isn’t likely going to result a life/death situation. But if a pilot makes a big mistake, that result could be catastrophic as there are lives that depend on that pilot doing their job effectively. Similarly, the lives of people like Good, whether you agree with their politics or not, are in the hands of officers like Russ.
I could tolerate someone like Good being in my neighborhood. She’s dumb but I don’t think she’s dangerous. I would not feel comfortable flying on a plane with an incompetent pilot. And I would not feel comfortable with Russ in my neighborhood. He’s dangerous to the community, as he just showed.
