A recent examination of the ICE agent’s shooting video in Minnesota has unveiled significant details about the incident involving Renee Good, which directly contradict the narrative being promoted by the White House.
The footage of the Minnesota shooting, released last night, provides a glimpse into the final moments of Renee Good’s life, captured from the shooter’s perspective. This video challenges the assertions put forth by Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who claimed that Good was intentionally driving her car at the ICE agent who shot her in an act of self-defense. A meticulous analysis of the video, published by Alpha News, a local outlet with right-leaning views, clearly demonstrates that Good was maneuvering her vehicle away from the agent at the time of the shooting. The video also reveals that the agent shifted his phone to his left hand, leaving his right hand free to draw his weapon seconds later.
In the footage, the ICE agent is seen exiting his vehicle and approaching Renee Good’s maroon Honda Pilot. Good can be observed steering to the left and reversing slightly as the agent walks around the front of her car. Good is heard saying, “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.”
Subsequently, the agent circles the vehicle, recording the license plate with his phone, while a woman believed to be Good’s wife engages in conversation with him. He transitions his phone to his left hand, enabling him to film while keeping his right hand available to draw his gun.
Approximately ten seconds before brandishing his weapon, the agent walks around the front of Good’s vehicle as more ICE agents arrive on the scene, instructing Good to exit her car. Good is then seen making a right turn with her steering wheel, aligning her wheels in the same direction. As she begins to move, the shooter draws his gun, still recording with his phone. He fires shots through the windshield and open side window as Good’s car accelerates into parked vehicles. A voice off-camera can be heard using derogatory language towards Good.
Contrary to claims made by JD Vance and Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on social media, the new video does not support the assertion that the officer acted in self-defense. Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey dismissed any self-defense argument as baseless.
Experts in law enforcement noted that the video did not alter their perspectives on the use of force but raised concerns about the officer’s training. Geoff Alpert, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina, emphasized the need to scrutinize the training that permits an officer to hold a gun and a cellphone simultaneously. John P. Gross, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, highlighted that the officers did not perceive Good as a threat based on their actions captured in the video.
Gross stated, “If you are an officer who views this woman as a threat, you don’t have one hand on a cellphone. You don’t walk around this supposed weapon, casually filming.”