Nick Miroff

And so, you know, you see that he pulls out his phone and he's like going around the vehicle recording her license plate.

And then, you know, at the moment when he seems to sort of complete the circumnavigation of the vehicle, that's when she's simultaneously, you know, hearing from her partner to drive, grabbing the passenger side handle while you have another ICE officer approaching, telling her to get the F out of the car.

And then she starts, you know, turning the wheel and hits the gas.

And it's possible to know, was he looking at his phone?

What was he looking at, right?

And all of that is going to come out in the investigation.

But, you know, I think these things are entirely split-second decisions.

And he, you know, based on what we've seen from the video, seemed like he was pretty antagonized and was in a pretty aggressive, you know, mindset, you know, based on just his conduct in the, you know, 40-odd seconds.

So, you know, it's really going to come down to like, was it a reasonable decision to start to open fire once that vehicle was rolling?

And so, again, a lot of the ICE officers I've talked to about this think, you know, it probably wasn't.

We could end up where it was or wasn't.

It was.

And they think, you know, you could end up with a kind of situation where he will be faulted for putting himself in a dangerous situation, but he wouldn't be held criminally liable for killing Rene Good because the vehicle was coming at him and he had a reasonable fear that, you know, he could be killed or injured.

I think it emboldens them.

I think when they see other administration officials with this kind of unqualified defense of whatever they're doing and an investigation that is trying to criminalize Renee Good and her partner, turning the focus of the attention to them,

You know, I think that that undoubtedly sends a signal to continue to do what they're doing, to not give any ground to protesters or to public officials in Minnesota.

And what we saw in Chicago in the late summer and fall was not dissimilar.

They shot and killed a guy who wouldn't comply with their orders in his car.

They shot a protester, Marimar Martinez, who was in her vehicle five times.

And then tried to charge her with, you know, federal crime, ultimately dropping the charges.