"The videos of Renee Nicole Good's killing are the stuff of nightmares. On Wednesday, according to footage shot by bystanders, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross appears to shoot Good in the face at point-blank range while she attempts to drive away from another ICE agent prying at her car door. Her wife was reportedly in the seat beside her."
"The response from Republican officials seemed to describe a different event altogether. This wasn't a poet, wife, and mother whose life was cut short by a bullet, but, according to Donald Trump, a "professional agitator" who "violently, willfully, and viciously" ran over her killer. (She didn't.) In lockstep, GOP leaders lied about Good's death and to absolve Ross of culpability, then demonized his victim."
"Among their base, today's GOP is trying to drum out any natural impulses toward compassion, such that there is no imperative to feel-let alone express-any dismay at the killing of an ideological adversary. If Good wasn't on Trump's side, the party line goes, she got what was coming to her."
Video footage shows an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, appearing to shoot Renee Nicole Good in the face at point-blank range as she attempted to drive away while another agent pried at her car door. Good's wife was reportedly beside her and recorded the encounter, sobbing that they stopped to videotape and Ross shot her in the head. Good leaves behind three children and personal items were visible at the scene. Republican officials characterized Good as a "professional agitator," defended the agent, and shifted blame onto the victim instead of expressing sorrow.
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