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CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting
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I mean look, if you're let's say 2nd or 3rd gen immigrant, Spanish speaking, systemically excluded from the white collar economy, it's a good gig. Saying no to career paths is a privilege, one that I have also as a white dude 100% enjoyed.
While I can see even being an agent and enforcer... it's possible to be a good guy in desperate situation, no different than how I can see someone might turn to a mobster or gangster that way. Hell even the "If I don't do it, someone worse will take the job, I can at least do it with as much compasion as the job allows".
Those excuses kind of go out the window though when they start shooting a prone, disarmed, pepper sprayed guy. I can hate the organization, and note it has horrible training. Being desperate enough to join ice is one thing... however you'd think that would lead to being as non horrible as possible in the job. As not every ice incident leads to a shooting, it's still fair to say the ice agents that do shoot peaceful protestors are clearly the worse of the worse.
I get what you're saying but I also hate that shit. These people made choices! And ok let's say it was between signing up for a fascist position or being homeless, they made the choice that it's better to cause pain to someone else before themselves. Also, we're assuming they didn't have other choices which is probably biased in itself. End of the day, you don't get a pass to torture and kill others for your own survival.
Oh I'm not giving it a pass at all. It's morally reprehensible. But there are logical reasons why people do it.
Sure, but I just see this argument shoehorned in as a justification for this crap. Which it's not, so idk why it's part of the conversation 🤷