ICE agent shooter's own cellphone video undercuts Trump administration's account of Minneapolis killing

"A newly released cellphone video, apparently filmed by the ICE officer who killed Renee Nicole Good, and obtained by Minneapolis-based Alpha News, a conservative-leaning nonprofit news site, appears to sharply contradict the U.S. government's public account of the fatal Wednesday shooting, raising new questions about whether the agent who opened fire was ever in immediate danger. The footage was recorded on a cellphone by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, not by a department body camera."

"Inside the SUV, Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, poet, and mother of three, appears calm and even warm, smiling at the masked agent and attempting to defuse the encounter. After he gets out of his car and approaches hers from the passenger side, where a large black dog is sitting in the rear looking out the window, he walks in front of the SUV and moves to the driver's side window, which is open."

"As Ross moves behind the SUV, Becca can be heard calling out, "Show your face," before adding, "We don't change our plates every morning, just so you know. It'll be the same plate when you come talk to us later. That's fine. U.S. citizen... You want to come at us?" Ross then walks along the passenger side of the Honda Pilot, where the front wheels are visibly angled to the left. Ross appears to begin turning back toward his own vehicle."

Cellphone footage recorded by ICE officer Jonathan Ross captures his perspective as he approaches Renee Nicole Good's maroon Honda Pilot during a federal operation in south Minneapolis. The footage was recorded on a personal cellphone rather than a department body camera. Good, 37, a U.S. citizen, poet, and mother of three, appears calm, smiles, and attempts to defuse the encounter while a large black dog sits in the rear. Ross circles the vehicle, films the rear license plate, and moves from the passenger side to the driver's side window. Becca Good records and verbally challenges the agents. The footage appears to contradict the U.S. government's public account and raises questions about whether the agent was ever in immediate danger.

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