Radley Balko

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Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. New podcast: Collateral Damage Substack: [radleybalko.substack.com](http://radleybalko.substack.com ) Signal: radleybalko.52 🌉 [bridged](https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/radleybalko.bsky.social ) from 🦋 [radleybalko.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social ), follow nostr:npub1pqr3g2gk3vsnrqk9kwfqqcxc6d5cwjr0hyc0nlzz9py5nf92vd9sn02sck to interact Web site: https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social Link: http://radleybalko.substack.com
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:c7ozmxoc5b2ky4iam2o36uic&cid=bafkreid5jz3l42azrgdduvc25b7fdcnb3weqlgjk32gwkdqhutt7gjitoa
Ugh. This is from Brian Stelter's newsletter. One side says this an unjustified shooting, based on video footage. The other is calling the victim a domestic terrorist who intentionally ran over an ICE officer, based on zero evidence. This is "nuanced" in the way the flat-earth debate is nuanced. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:c7ozmxoc5b2ky4iam2o36uic&cid=bafkreibmekg7367jjmag7xbdebad2emnxxbkeuxeaf74v7tf52mult7ngu
A few thoughts on this important NYT analysis: First, the officer who killed Good is shown running up the *passenger* side of the car seconds before he killed her. He shot her first from the front, then the driver's side. This means he *put himself* in the path of the vehicle when he shot her. [Video: Videos Contradict Trump...](
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
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An incomprehensibly stupid own goal. Healthcare, eldercare, and childcare are about to get a hell of a lot more expensive. And it's going to hit rural areas especially hard. Hope the racism was worth it! RE:
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to ex...