Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec spoke with editor-in-chief of The Post Millennial and Human Events Libby Emmons about the aftermath of the Renee Good shooting, and to talk about her op-ed, published today on Human Events.
Posobiec pointed to a video that surfaced following the shooting showing Becca Good, the partnernot wife—of Renee Good, standing in the street in the moments after the incident. Good screamed at ICE agents for having "real bullets."
“When we talk about LARPing, the scene or the video that’s come out of this really strikes me,” Posobiec said. He noted that Becca Good publicly accepted responsibility for the confrontation. “She said, ‘It was my fault. I told her to be here,’” he said, adding that she then questioned the response by asking, “Why did it have to be real bullets?”
Posobiec questioned whether the activists involved ever considered the legal and physical risks of their actions, asking whether they were so focused on what he described as performative activism and filming social media content that they failed to consider what could happen when confronting law enforcement and breaking the law.
Emmons said she does not believe consequences were part of the calculation. “I don’t think they did think about the consequences,” she said, drawing a contrast to her own experience as a parent during the Occupy Wall Street protests. Emmons said she chose not to attend demonstrations at the time because of her parental responsibilities, calling that perspective absent in this case.
She said the activists apparently believe the situation would remain symbolic rather than real. According to Emmons, they seemed to think they could confront officers, record the interaction, and return home without incident.
Emmons added that the confrontation reflected a misunderstanding of ICE’s role. She said the activists appeared not to recognize that ICE agents are federal law enforcement officers carrying out legally mandated duties.
She also talked about commentary from MSNBC host Joy Reid: "And what she said is that the activists believe that these white women would be protected by their white privilege, assuming that all ICE agents are just horribly racist and would shoot a black person on site, but would not shoot these white women. And so that was, I think, part of their understanding, too.
"I think they’re so indoctrinated with the bogus anti-racism narrative that they believe that their white skin would protect them from the consequences of interfering directly with law enforcement actions," Emmons said.
Posobiec pointed to a video that surfaced following the shooting showing Becca Good, the partnernot wife—of Renee Good, standing in the street in the moments after the incident. Good screamed at ICE agents for having "real bullets."
“When we talk about LARPing, the scene or the video that’s come out of this really strikes me,” Posobiec said. He noted that Becca Good publicly accepted responsibility for the confrontation. “She said, ‘It was my fault. I told her to be here,’” he said, adding that she then questioned the response by asking, “Why did it have to be real bullets?”
Posobiec questioned whether the activists involved ever considered the legal and physical risks of their actions, asking whether they were so focused on what he described as performative activism and filming social media content that they failed to consider what could happen when confronting law enforcement and breaking the law.
Emmons said she does not believe consequences were part of the calculation. “I don’t think they did think about the consequences,” she said, drawing a contrast to her own experience as a parent during the Occupy Wall Street protests. Emmons said she chose not to attend demonstrations at the time because of her parental responsibilities, calling that perspective absent in this case.
She said the activists apparently believe the situation would remain symbolic rather than real. According to Emmons, they seemed to think they could confront officers, record the interaction, and return home without incident.
Emmons added that the confrontation reflected a misunderstanding of ICE’s role. She said the activists appeared not to recognize that ICE agents are federal law enforcement officers carrying out legally mandated duties.
She also talked about commentary from MSNBC host Joy Reid: "And what she said is that the activists believe that these white women would be protected by their white privilege, assuming that all ICE agents are just horribly racist and would shoot a black person on site, but would not shoot these white women. And so that was, I think, part of their understanding, too.
"I think they’re so indoctrinated with the bogus anti-racism narrative that they believe that their white skin would protect them from the consequences of interfering directly with law enforcement actions," Emmons said.
