How do you tell a child that his mother has been shot and killed by the police?

[milestogo]

And how do you convince children that "the policeman is your friend" after that happens in their community?

[JT45242]

1. Gestapo or armed goon...not a properly trained police officer

You tell the children the truth.
An unqualified and undertrained person was given a gun and told he had blanket immunity to kill people like your mom.

[milestogo]

2. Some children are too young to make the distinction.

[mikelewis]

3. ICE isn't the Police. They actually have no authority to do a traffic stop.

They are not police officers.

Unless they were arresting someone at that location, it's unclear what authority they had to do anything they did.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. People have had to do so for decades.

And how do you convince children that "the policeman is your friend" after that happens in their community?

You don't, because he isn't.

[ananda]

5. I've been thinking about that child.

I decided you just have to emphasize that she
was a good person, and it was her time to go.

Yes, a bad evil person murdered her for no good
reason, just because he's a psychopath and felt
like it.

Deal with that later when the child is ready.

[lark]

6. Police are for the most part not our friends. ICE is our direct enemy.

There is a difference.