It is hard to watch the videos coming out of the tragic incident in Minneapolis, without forming conclusions. Before you do, I would like to offer some observations on how you can help understand what you are seeing better. First - the camera sees more than a person. Your eyes tend to focus on a narrow field of view and a camera takes in a wider point of view. This is why 2 people can look at the same scene and see two different things. For example, as a driving instructor and racer, I noticed in the officer’s video, that the steering wheel was being turned away from the officer, so I saw no intention to hit him. Now, without being able to interview him, the question is, did he see that or was his focus somewhere else? Where should his focus have been? What was his state of mind? How did the other officers contribute to the situation? Why did they not tell her to turn off the engine? If so serious, Did they escalate the situation? These are serious questions that are not easily determined no matter how much you watch a video.
When my son left the military, I spoke to the then Assistant Police Chief about getting him an interview to be a police officer. He said he would be happy to have him apply, but that he had about 400 applicants for 12 positions at the time. I asked if this was not a problem, but he said that since he had to make the decision of putting someone on the street with a gun, he would rather be able to pick who he wanted and trusted, rather than just take anyone. The facts are that over 10,000 new ICE agents have been hired in 2025 with the training requirements cut in some cases by more than 50%. These agents have been sent out with possibly unrealistic quotas so it should not be a surprise that incidents are occurring. We are back to failure to plan is planning to fail. With deadly consequences.
This would be funny if not so tragic
