George, thanks for the thoughtful note and your investigator’s eye — details like wheel direction and low speed (~2 mph forward after brief reverse, wheels turning right away from the agent per multiple videos) are indeed key and hotly debated. Federal accounts call it intentional threat/self-defense; other analyses see it as an escape attempt on icy roads. My column focuses on leadership failures that let tensions boil over, but the video evidence deserves full scrutiny in any review. Appreciate the push for precision. In a way, I have seen this same type of incident many times, as we all have: officer orders a person out of the car and the driver does not comply. Then the driver does something unexpected and rash. This often ends very badly for the driver. Poor situational awareness and heightened emotions contribute to the tragedy. I contend that local leadership, including Walz, could do much to lower the heat. The feds are not going to back off.
Pieces like this almost write themselves once the structure is clear. The problem isn’t confusion or miscommunication—it’s leadership that knowingly creates conditions where ordinary people absorb institutional risk. When authority and rhetoric diverge, constituents pay the price.
Jim if this is your impression, you're not seeing all of the currently available video.
"a woman was killed after driving her vehicle into ICE agents"
Front wheels were pointing away from agent, speed was maybe 2 mph. As a retired criminal investigator, I find details both revealing & most important. Especially to a perfect jury or jurist.
George, thanks for the thoughtful note and your investigator’s eye — details like wheel direction and low speed (~2 mph forward after brief reverse, wheels turning right away from the agent per multiple videos) are indeed key and hotly debated. Federal accounts call it intentional threat/self-defense; other analyses see it as an escape attempt on icy roads. My column focuses on leadership failures that let tensions boil over, but the video evidence deserves full scrutiny in any review. Appreciate the push for precision. In a way, I have seen this same type of incident many times, as we all have: officer orders a person out of the car and the driver does not comply. Then the driver does something unexpected and rash. This often ends very badly for the driver. Poor situational awareness and heightened emotions contribute to the tragedy. I contend that local leadership, including Walz, could do much to lower the heat. The feds are not going to back off.
Pieces like this almost write themselves once the structure is clear. The problem isn’t confusion or miscommunication—it’s leadership that knowingly creates conditions where ordinary people absorb institutional risk. When authority and rhetoric diverge, constituents pay the price.
Jim if this is your impression, you're not seeing all of the currently available video.
"a woman was killed after driving her vehicle into ICE agents"
Front wheels were pointing away from agent, speed was maybe 2 mph. As a retired criminal investigator, I find details both revealing & most important. Especially to a perfect jury or jurist.
Excellent succinct discussion of the causes and effects of irrational resistance that resulted in exactly what the lefty wanted.