Bloomberg Discovers ICE Agent Kills Woman, Not a Video Problem
This framing isn't accidental; it's a standard operating procedure for discussing state-sanctioned violence. Remember how often police 'manage to kill' someone, rather than 'shoot' them dead? Or when civilians 'die in police custody' instead of 'are killed by officers'? It's a rhetorical trick designed to soften the blow and absolve accountability, much like referring to ethnic cleansing as
'population transfer' or genocide as 'complex humanitarian issues.' One might wonder if the headline for a civilian shooting an ICE agent would be equally passive, or if the 'confrontation' would suddenly become a 'cold-blooded murder.' The double standards are as predictable as they are nauseating. When agents kill, it's an unfortunate incident; when civilians resist, it's a criminal act. The
media's role, apparently, is to narrate this imbalance without questioning the power dynamics at play.