Iakobos
Orthodox
If you were a cop, you think people should be allowed to back up, turn towards you, then drive forward and actually hit you, but it's ok because you can try to jump out of the way?
If I were a cop, I would not find this acceptable. I would want people to know driving a car towards cops means bullets.
I don't think the decision to shoot citizens should be made based on what kind of messaging it sends but about legality and the reality of the situation.
That said I know little about legality in this situation and ultimately I don't know what was going through the agent's head. It could be that his perception was that he was a split second away from being killed, necessitating the shoot. However if he was a split second away from dying at that distance from the car, you would think that he still would been violently injured from the momentum of the vehicle threatening his life even if the driver was shot.
To me it looks a lot like he went out there on a hair trigger ready to blast someone and he found his reason. The woman certainly brought it on herself by her actions, legally we'll see what happens but I don't think it looks good for the agent and it is really really bad for Trump admin PR. Frankly I am concerned the country is going to slide down a very slippery slope here but maybe there's nothing that can be done. God protect us.


