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The Renee Good case was clear-cut self-defense. Objectively, she hit the accelerator when her tires were pointed directly at the officer. If the officer had complete omnipotence he would still have been justified in using deadly force.
The Pretti case is different. It still looks like lawful self-defense, but in this case, if the officers were omnipotent, they would NOT have fired. But from the perception of the individual officer in the moment, all they know is that they are dealing with an agitator who has 1) aggressively confronted a federal law enforcement officer 2) unlawfully interfered in an arrest of a third party and 3) violently resisted arrest. And then the officer hears “gun gun gun.” We don’t know exactly what that officer was seeing at the time; maybe the body cam video will be probative, maybe not. But the officer is allowed to rely on the perceptions of his colleagues combined with his own, so if he heard “gun gun gun” and saw Pretti reach for his waist that’s a lawful shoot even if the officer was mistaken.
Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain
Posted on X, January 26, 2026
He meant “omniscient”, not “omnipotent”.
There is at least one video I have seen that appears to show the officer who took Petti’s gun had an AD with it as he was walking away. This, as you might expect, appears to have initiated the shooting of Petti.
If true, it will almost certainly result in it being a lawful, tragic shooting.
“There is at least one video I have seen that appears to show the officer who took Petti’s gun had an AD with it as he was walking away. This, as you might expect, appears to have initiated the shooting of Petti.
If true, it will almost certainly result in it being a lawful, tragic shooting.”
This opens a door to ***horrible*** abuses, even if all the officers involved in *this specific case* acted in good faith.
Of course, the problem is that I can’t think of any way to close it without opening another door for ***horrible*** abuses, just in the other direction.
Ugh. At least the officer who had the AD should be prosecuted for it. That would be *SOMETHING* to make it less “get to shoot people for free”.
Horrible abuses in the other direction is exactly what the Left wants.
Excellent point. But it does require two or more conspirators to be reliable. Which makes it less likely to be kept a secret.
The video of the AD is an AI fake.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/age-of-ai-when-149474980