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THOMAS: It depends on where you stand

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“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” – C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

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Let’s start with the shooting of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent while attempting to drive away from the scene of an ICE operation. Moments after the first videos were available the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz blamed ICE and called the shooting unnecessary.

The leftist activist group that Good was reportedly part of is dedicated to tracking and “resisting” immigration enforcement operations through apps and a rapid response hotline, according to the NY Post. Frey and Walz also claimed Good was trying to drive away. Frey added that the agent who shot Good “hopped” down the street. Perhaps he was limping after Good’s car hit him?

Standing on the other side of the argument were Vice President J.D.........

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