CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoDetained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizurewww.startribune.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 day agoI couldn’t. Not just because it’s ICE, but because if I didn’t manage to save him I know I’d be charged with murder.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down5·24 hours agoSaving him direcrly harms his victims. By saving him you become culpable.
minus-squareMr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·edit-223 hours agoI mean even from a purely transactional perspective, they did the best thing they could have done in that moment. If they let him die, a brownshirt might have taken out their frustration on them. If they shot an ICE agent and ran, they wouldn’t have gotten that far and would have gotten the attention of the top Trump ghouls. Whereas, by saving his life, they got better treatment, convinced a few brownshirts of the value of humanity, and a PR win for the anti-ICE coalition.
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoYou’re not wrong. I’m only saying what my personal thought would have been.
I couldn’t. Not just because it’s ICE, but because if I didn’t manage to save him I know I’d be charged with murder.
Saving him direcrly harms his victims. By saving him you become culpable.
I mean even from a purely transactional perspective, they did the best thing they could have done in that moment.
If they let him die, a brownshirt might have taken out their frustration on them.
If they shot an ICE agent and ran, they wouldn’t have gotten that far and would have gotten the attention of the top Trump ghouls.
Whereas, by saving his life, they got better treatment, convinced a few brownshirts of the value of humanity, and a PR win for the anti-ICE coalition.
You’re not wrong. I’m only saying what my personal thought would have been.