#use-of-force

#use-of-force

Customs and Border Patrol agents shot and injured two people in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, one day after an Immigrations Custom and Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. Reactions to the shootings, from public protests to online arguments, reflect a deep divide in how they're seen as tragic abuses of power or law enforcement officers acting in self-defense.

"Anyone saying right now that they know exactly what happened is absolutely wrong," one former department official told Axios. "I don't care who it is, because it's not gone through an investigation."

My honest-held belief at the time from the previous incident further down the road is that he's willing to in my opinion, he's trying to kill me, he's trying to hurt me, he's trying to seriously harm me,

The fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has thrust a long-running and deeply contested question back into the national spotlight: When is a law enforcement officer justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle? The killing, captured on cellphone video, has exposed sharp divisions between federal authorities who quickly defended the agent's actions and local leaders who called the shooting unjustified.

Well, let me explain this as plainly as I can. This is a question about what would a reasonable person think under these circumstances. Is that the standard? Stewart cut in. That's the standard, Kelly confirmed. It's not nuanced. It's not complicated. If a reasonable person would think that this thing that they are asking me to do is illegal, you have an obligation it's not an option you have an obligation not to follow those orders.

Democratic lawmakers have largely condemned US President Donald Trump's actions on Saturday against the South American country and its leader, saying they violate international law and lack necessary Congressional approval. list of 3 itemsend of list Members of Trump's Republican Party, meanwhile, have defended the attacks as part of the administration's push to stem drug trafficking into the US. Here's a look at some of the reactions from US lawmakers.

The most dramatic moment in the deposition came when Roderick Gadson, an Alabama prison guard, was questioned under oath about an incident in which he and other officers used such devastating force against a prisoner that the man had to be airlifted to hospital to treat his injuries. Gadson was shown a photograph of the man, Steven Davis. He was lying in an ICU bed breathing through a tube, his cadaverous face bruised and covered with blood, his eyes black and sunken. Gadson was asked whether he felt that the amount of force used had been appropriate, given the way Davis looked. He replied: I don't feel like nothing. I just did my job.

And now, in what may be his most career-defining moment yet, Hegseth is confronting questions about the use of military force and demands he release the videotapes after a special operations team reportedly attacked survivors of a strike on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela. Some lawmakers and legal experts say the second strike would have violated the laws of armed conflict.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote the footnote in a 223-page opinion issued last week, noting that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines the agents' credibility and "may explain the inaccuracy of these reports." She described what she saw in at least one body camera video, writing that an agent asks ChatGPT to compile a narrative for a report after giving the program a brief sentence of description and several images.

Vulnerable migrants held in UK detention centres are routinely being handcuffed, with some detained for hours, a damning report has found. Examples of unnecessary force included a 70-year-old small and frail man being handcuffed during a hospital visit, despite having no history of being disruptive, and another man subjected to rigid bar cuffs, a waist-restraint belt, as well as thigh and ankle restraints, for over four and a half hours.

A two-hour-plus standoff between Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies and a man who wouldn't exit his car during a traffic stop ended with the driver fatally shot when he emerged holding a knife. Sheriff Bob Jonsen has discussed the "numerous attempts" deputies made to reach "a peaceful resolution," including the use of "several less-lethal tools and projectiles to prevent the use of deadly force."

As a senior citizen on Medicare and SNAP, I feel like I can speak to both issues. Our country is now being run by a narcissistic president. He does not care about the poor, working people, homeless people or poor immigrants just trying to make a living. He is letting these people go hungry, and he is trying to take away medical assistance for them, and deporting almost all immigrants.

Ellis began Thursday's hearing by describing Chicago as a vibrant place and reading poet Carl Sandburg's famous poem about the city. Ellis said it is simply untrue that the Chicago area is a violent place of rioters. I don't find defendants' version of events credible, Ellis said. She described protesters and advocates facing teargas, having guns pointed at them and being thrown to the ground, saying that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental rights.

The person whom federal authorities believe was shot while accelerating a U-Haul truck backward toward federal agents at a Coast Guard Island protest two weeks ago has been charged in federal court with assaulting federal officers. Bella Thompson, who also goes by Bella Castillo or Brendan Munro Thompson, according to prosecutors, is accused of assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

As the video shows, as Bacchus stands in the middle of the street facing the cops, Custodio yells at him to "drop it" 10 times. Several other officers also all simultaneously shout at him, "Drop the gun!," "Drop the f-ing gun!" and "Don't be stupid! Drop the gun!" As Custodio gets closer to him, Bacchus starts to back up toward the curb, all the while clutching a gun in his left hand.

Leon Wilson, 51, blasted a half-dozen rounds at a fleeing BMW after chasing it for a mile from the Sunset Park jail's staff parking lot in the wee hours of Sept. 4, 2023, firing a bullet into the back of a man sitting in the rear seat. He then continued to follow the shot-up BMW to the Brooklyn Bridge, and returned to work without calling 911 or reporting the shooting to his superiors.