During a long and somewhat contentious interview with DHS head Kristi Noem, discussing the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent the previous week, CNN’s Jake Tapper wrapped things up by trying to pin Noem down on when it’s alright for law enforcement to use lethal force, and the hypocrisy of the Trump, who pardoned the January 6th insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol Police that day.
Noem, of course, refused to answer his question and just continued the same gaslighting we saw during the previous portion of the twenty minutes or so he gave her to lie to the American public:
TAPPER: I want you to ask — I want to ask a question about the rules of how law enforcement is allowed to engage when feeling threatened, per your assertions, because I want to show some video to you right now and ask, what is the appropriate response for the police officers in this situation?
(Cut to video of rioters during the January 6th insurrection)
TAPPER: Those are law enforcement officers being physically attacked.
By this standard, would any of those officers been justified in shooting and killing the people causing them physical harm?
NOEM: Every single situation is going to rely on the situation those officers are on.
