Who is accountable? ICE killing in Minnesota reignites Bay Area debate over police shootings of drivers

"The entire encounter a law enforcement officer standing briefly in front of a vehicle, then to its side while firing multiple fatal shots at its driver lasted less than 30 seconds. Video captured it all, down to the motorist going limp and the vehicle crashing down the street. It could describe the killing of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman, Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis an act that has already divided the nation,"

"Yet to policing experts and civil-rights attorneys across the Bay Area and California, the scene bears eerie similarities to a series of local police shootings involving moving vehicles including one that sent a Contra Costa County sheriff's deputy to prison. Others, while not resulting in criminal charges, still produced major civil settlements, such as BART's $6.75 million payout after video showed a woman was driving away when she was shot."

A law enforcement officer briefly stood in front of and then to the side of a vehicle before firing multiple fatal shots at the driver; the entire encounter lasted less than 30 seconds. Video captured the motorist going limp and the vehicle crashing down the street. The victim was Renee Good, 37, killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Critics denounced the shooting as an unlawful killing, while President Donald Trump and his administration characterized the encounter as terrorism by a woman who weaponized her vehicle. Policing experts and civil-rights attorneys in the Bay Area and California compared the scene to several local police shootings involving moving vehicles, including a Contra Costa County case that led to a deputy's imprisonment and a BART settlement of $6.75 million. Civil-rights attorney Adante Pointer said the Minnesota case is even more clear-cut than the 2018 Contra Costa killing and called for criminal charges. A dispute emerged after Minnesota public safety leaders said they were unable to access evidence and were told the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department were handling it.

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