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Let’s be very clear, since some people suddenly love “technicalities.” On July 23, 2020, Tim Walz signed Minnesota Statute § 609.066 into law. That law says one simple thing: If a law-enforcement officer is standing in front of a vehicle and the driver accelerates toward them, that is an immediate, life-threatening danger...the officer does not have to wait to be hit to defend their life. Now yes, that statute applies to Minnesota peace officers, not federal agents. But here’s the part people are pretending not to understand: The standard doesn’t change just because the badge does. A vehicle used as a weapon is still a deadly threat. A split-second decision is still a split-second decision. And self-defense doesn’t suddenly become immoral or unjust because the officer works for a different agency. You don’t get to sign a law affirming that reality… then act shocked and outraged when another law-enforcement officer faces the exact same danger and reacts the same way. Same threat. Same physics. Same outcome. Funny how it was “common sense” in 2020, but now it’s political. 😂 Read the law. Remember who signed it. And stop pretending reality changes when it’s inconvenient. 😉 Signed in 2020. Defended… until it was inconvenient for Timmy.