Michael Shellenberger

A Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minnesota shot a second person dead yesterday. Most of the debate since then has focused, understandably, on whether the ICE agent acted in what he perceived to be self-defense.

Whatever the case, it’s clear that, by

I have great respect for genuine nonviolent civil disobedience. That's not what either Good or Pretti were doing. They were both interfering in a police operation. 

Pretti thought it was a good idea to take a gun. Yes, he has a Second Amendment right to do so. Yes, I support

As a former radical Leftist who has engaged in civil disobedience several times, I was always impressed by the level of care taken by those who organized it, and I always avoided anyone trying to do it who didn't know what they were doing. 

When I led a civil disobedience

This is active and organized interference in a law enforcement operation.

This is the manual instructing people on how to interfere with law enforcement operations

Even the organizers twice warned people not to bring weapons

The goal is explicitly to deceive 911 dispatchers