Heather Cox Richardson is so fucking brilliant!

[yellow dahlia]

She was on Velshi right now.

She and Ali were discussing the murder of Renee Nicole Good. She made a very important point about the way the shooting transpired, and the behavior of the federal agent Jonathan Ross.

We see from the recording on his phone - when he was being antagonistic and circling the vehicle, Renee said to him: "I'm not mad at you". She was acting in a way to de-escalate the situation. In doing so, she is actually the one in control.

Ross did not want her to be in control. He wanted to assert his control. So - he shot her.

HCR explained that this is classic authoritarian behavior.

HCR saw this dynamic for what it was. It is chilling. How dare you, a woman, assert control.

I will look for the video of the segment and post it when I retrieve it.

[LSparkle]

1. Just saw this and totally agree

She is brilliant.

[UpInArms]

2. And ...

after he murdered her, he called her a “f**king b*tch”

[surfered]

4. Great minds...

[canetoad]

17. Interesting that this should be

His first natural response. Blame her for getting herself shot in the face. Just like an abuser saying, 'You deserved it'.

[PatSeg]

29. And that brought to my mind,

what woman in his past did Renee remind him of? An ex wife or girlfriend? Or perhaps an overbearing mother?

[KentuckyWoman]

5. Facebook

I don't know where else she publishes, but she is in my facebook feed every day. I really like her too.

[mjvpi]

6. Substack, I believe.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

18. And on YouTube

https://youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson

[TNNurse]

16. We subscribe and get an email every day.

They can be too painful to read.

[yellow dahlia]

23. She is an important source of information and analysis.

I am impressed with how hard she is working. She even does live chats, where people can ask questions.

[Joinfortmill]

21. She's also on YouTube.

[yellow dahlia]

22. She does live chats, where she takes questions.

She is working hard. She is a national treasure.

[Pinback]

24. HCR's podcast features an audio version of her "Letters from an American"

which is part of my daily morning ritual. Always excellent and informative. She is one of the greatest American historians alive — and undoubtedly one of the greatest ever.

[SheltieLover]

7. Rapist mentality

[whathehell]

8. So sad. She appeared to be, and by all accounts

was, such a sweet woman.

[maliaSmith]

9. murdering ICE

He video taped with his phone the whole thing including shooting her in the face 3 times and then called her a fucking bitch after he murdered her.

What no one is mentioning is there was a black man in L.A. who was also murdered by ICE (BP), and yes Trump is allowing the murder of US citizens just like Nixon did at Kent State. It's going to get much worse than better. If you didn't vote in 2024, here's a huge FU to you. You nonvoters caused us to suffer under Trump and the GOP.

[bfoxmatt]

10. I think she read him completely right!

Horrible excuses for men who take these jobs knowing what they involve and the more terrible ones who put all these plans (2025) together!

[ms liberty]

11. And afterward, when the mudering ICE Agent Ross said "fucking bitch" - that told us everything about him

The words, the tone and his actions were crystal clear.

[JudyM]

31. good evidence against him... state of mind.

[KT2000]

12. Yes and especially if it was he

who said "fucking bitch" as she was dead and her car rolled away.

[dpibel]

14. He's the only person within 20 feet

Immediately after he fired, the rest of the crew beat feat in retreat. He was all by himself.

And it wasn't a shouted epithet that was picked up from a distance. It was sotto voce.

[KT2000]

35. Thanks

[czarjak]

13. HCR/HRC

Not enough credit for being correct!

[BaronChocula]

15. Good analysis, but I will stickle

Because I'm a stickler. I think this would have happened Had Renee Good not have said "I'm not mad at you." The record is rife with deputized thugs behaving like this. I do think authority has everything to do with it though. It fits more of a pattern of an unfit officer angry at someone "who just won't comply [with the demand she get out of the vehicle]." Her driving off is the affront to their "authority" that triggered the killer.

[yellow dahlia]

19. I don't disagree.

I believe he was also offended that they were a same sex couple.

[Joinfortmill]

20. Love her! She is documenting this entire sordid period for history

[yellow dahlia]

25. I say it, regularly - she is a national treasure.

[lostnfound]

26. Agreed. It triggered his fragile machismo ego

Recently, after a conflict with a young man I know had settled, I said something to him to express my empathy for the difficulty he had experienced, like ‘I know you’ve been under pressure’ or “it was a hard day” or similar. He snapped back at me, highly irritated, with “I’m not apologizing!!”

It was sad and maddening at the same time. I was a woman trying to smooth over hurt feelings, and instead of accepting the small peace offering, he just got angry that I dared to talk to him as human-to-human.

Rene probably thought she was connecting as a human “I’m not mad at you” but the ICE man perceived it as an affront to his authority, dominance, control.

[lostnfound]

27. On what grounds was he telling her to get out of the car? Is he a traffic cop?

Are they doing crowd control? Aren’t they supposed to be solely focused on immigrants?

[yellow dahlia]

28. A very good question.

I understand why a woman would not want to get out of a car, when confronted by these federal agents.

In recent months, we have seen numerous examples of women being dragged out of cars by these guys...for no reason at all. Did you notice they have a tactic whereby they pull the women's pants down. I saw one incident where they tore her sweatshirt off. I think it is a deliberate intimidation tactic.

[summer_in_TX]

44. Good question. No authority and no grounds whatsoever. A professional law enforcement officer's take, not mine.

https://substack.com/@tomhoefling/note/c-197600374?r=2zlv4a&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Former law enforcement officer, Kramer Hammy:

"It is clear that US citizens' ignorance of federal laws and law enforcement duties, procedures, and limits of authority is getting to the point where it is deadly. I spent probably 3 hours watching and re-watching, and finding every single video and angle I could of the situation in Minnesota yesterday and came to one immovable conclusion based off of what I saw and what I know from a professional standpoint.

[snip…]

"As a former officer, let me make something clear: ICE agents ARE NOT police officers, deputy sheriffs, or troopers. They are not local/state law enforcement. They are not federal criminal law enforcement. They have an INCREDIBLY limited scope of authority, and that scope of authority exists in detaining and arresting with probable cause and/or SIGNED WARRANTS those investigated and suspected of being in the US illegally.

"They cannot just pull anyone over for a traffic violation or because their car is in a place they don't want it. They have NO authority to pull people over for ANYTHING other than immigration enforcement- and even then that involves probable cause, such as a known vehicle of someone they have been tracking, or a warrant. On very rare occasions they have the legal authority to pull someone over if they are threatening the lives of others, but that was not happening in this case. They do not have the training nor the authority to pull ANYONE else over. They cannot arrest legal citizens. They cannot detain legal citizens without probable cause to believe they might not be legal. They have ZERO authority to be attempting to force entry into a vehicle- without even identifying themselves, without a warrant, without exigent circumstances such as a life being directly threatened- that is trying to drive down the street without probable cause in relation to IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

"This ENTIRE situation in Minnesota was outside of the scope of legal authority from the get go. None of it was done within the scope of authority of ICE. Every single behavior those agents made was procedurally incorrect, done without proper authority, and was based off of intimidation and the assumption that people do not understand the law and their rights in regards to interactions with ICE.

Our AGs, Governors, law enforcement and civil rights groups should be holding those committing illegal actions accountable through arrest, trial, and conviction.

[ananda]

30. Every woman should learn about this.

I guess the best thing to do is ... nothing.

[yellow dahlia]

32. Females learn at an early age to keep their mouths shut...or else.

Or else can take many forms.

[ananda]

33. Not all of them, obviously.

I've been trying to think how I'd react in
the same situation.

From what I can tell about ICE, just being
female is reason enough to harm, degrade,
rape, or kill us.

What women need to do is rethink. Maybe
only go to protests in gangs. I see no
reason for them not to be armed either.

[yellow dahlia]

34. I am older than Renee. My generation was more suppressed.

I don't think Renee did anything wrong. I think women should not cower. But men have often been indoctrinated to think so.

[Maru Kitteh]

36. I have been thinking the same thing for DAYS now! Bought her last book,

and I’ve been looking up every podcast she’s been featured on in the last year or so and watching or listening to them.

She’s AMAZING.

[pacalo]

37. He felt demasculinized and he wanted to show her who's boss.

He called her a 'fucking bitch' after he shot his gun 3 times.

[NH Ethylene]

39. Exactly. It was an emotional response.

The victim's wife was also taunting him, which must have really pushed his buttons. So he showed them all what a big man he was.

[Seinan Sensei]

41. Clearly Ice-hat has been laughed-at

by many women

[NH Ethylene]

38. And all without thinking about his responses

Because he's just not an introspective kind of thug.

[BurnDoubt]

40. Some woman must have...

laughed at his dick.
Toxic Masculinity.
Any Questions?
Dominance is a Psycho-Sexual aberration.
Get treatment. And leave the rest of us alone, freak.

[llmart]

42. I lay odds that he beats his wife.

[vapor2]

43. Micro penis

[Farmer-Rick]

45. Obey my authority

And show fear and submission while you do it.

[yellow dahlia]

48. It feels like the citizens of this country are in an abusive relationship.

The regime is the abuser(s).

It feels like psychological abuse on a daily basis.

[usaf-vet]

46. It's probably the first time in my life that I'm enjoying "history." History the way she does it. Weaving of the......

..... past to explain the current fascist president and his goons.

[yellow dahlia]

47. Agreed.

She paints a picture, and explains why it matters.