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One Conversation From Disaster…

How current tragedies could have been avoided by timely advice.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Too many of our family members, friends, neighbors etc are being sold a lie! The con utilized is to use the good naturedness of the victims and tug at their hearts. They are told that Government Agents are out terrorizing innocent individuals. That agents are doing this and that and all of it bad or even evil. Elected officials have even called these agents the modern version of the Gestapo.

Given all that rhetoric, good natured Americans take to the streets to confront these agents and try and stop them from carrying out the perceived evil acts.

This is simply false. A lie! The government has been sued and time after time, even friendly courts, friendly to the plaintiffs have ruled, or eventually been overturned by higher courts, that the government and its agents are enforcing Federal Law. Simple – Straightforward.

Stopping, impeding or any verb you want to use to prevent the agents from doing their jobs is not only illegal, it is DEADLY dangerous. It is untrue that these agents go around just shooting and hurting people. Matter-of-fact it’s the other way around. They have been so vilified for enforcing the laws WE passed, that everything imaginable has been done to them.

How do I know those agents aren’t committing those evil acts? I know because, I am one of those immigrants. I am not concerned at all that agents will grab me violently and “disappear” me.

Why am I confident? Because I am here legally. If in the unlikely event that a mistake is made and I find myself in their custody, I will cooperate. I am a citizen. My family will go through the proper process and channels to rectify my situation. What we will NOT do is what we’ve seen play out in the countless videos of agitators picking fights with agents.

So, if you have a loved one, a family member, a friend – whomever that’s within your circle of loved ones, talk to them and tell them it’s not a good idea to go against Law Enforcement Officers in the performance of their duties. If they want to be involved, tell them – just observe and scream from the sidelines. That’s legal and they’ll stay safe.

That maybe the conversation needed to avoid disaster.

LIVE GRATEFUL

Accountable cont…

ACCOUNTABILITY

The video from the officer who shot Renee Nicole Good is now out. It’s not hard to find. Pick your favorite platform and view it from there. The image I posted is a screenshot from the FOX News platform.

It happened quickly it was over in less than a minute. What led up to it is under investigation including what matters – the immediate moments right before the shots were fired.

From what I saw and heard from the video.

  • Ms. Good was in the driver’s seat and was perpendicular to traffic.
  • Portland is a one way street and you can see it from how the cars were parked.
  • Sirens were blaring.
  • The officer who fired the shot was being engaged by Ms. Good’s partner/wife.
  • Commands could be heard for Ms. Good to get out of the F’in car as she was impeding traffic.
  • You can see her back up and you can hear the engine rev as she drives forward and it wasn’t slow “I’ll nudge you” driving. It was I’m outta here driving.
  • The officer can be heard getting hit by the car and him firing shots at Ms. Good.
  • The car continues to drive forward and barrels down the road and hits parked cars. (My assumption is because of her bullet wound that she lost control of the vehicle)

Reasonable people can differ even if they saw the same exact thing. Whether she intended to hit him or just get away, will be debated. Unfortunately, tragically, we will never know.

What matters for this shooting was the officer’s frame of mind when the car drove towards him actually hitting him.

Both the officer and Ms. Good deserve to be treated fairly. Whose actions contributed to the tragic shooting? That’s who’s accountable.

Hug your loved ones and please tell them to obey law enforcement. It’s better to be alive and sue them after. Either you win or you lose. Dying – because your actions were viewed as a threat, is and will always be a losing proposition.

I pray for everyone involved that they heal from this tragedy. Be well, everyone!

LIVE GRATEFUL.