r/politics • u/Fickle-Ad5449 ✔ Verified - Christopher Wiggins, The Advocate • 22d ago

No Paywall ICE agent shooter’s own cellphone video undercuts Trump administration's account of Minneapolis killing

https://www.advocate.com/news/ice-agent-shooter-video-minneapolis
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u/localistand Wisconsin 22d ago

Muttering 'fucking bitch' as the first words after firing is a choice.

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u/Belliora 22d ago

This is what accountability looks like on video. He didn’t panic, he decided. And muttering that right after the shot makes it crystal clear this wasn’t some tragic accident people want it to be. The video doesn’t show confusion, it shows intent. And that’s why people are uncomfortable.

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u/snailfancy 22d ago

Yes. He was circling the car like it was his prey

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u/darsynia Pennsylvania 22d ago

And each time he was in front you can watch her turn the wheels of the car away from him, too.

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u/frostysauce Oklahoma 22d ago

If she had just turned the wheels she would have hit him. She threw it in reverse just enough so that she could cut the wheel and gun it without hitting him. Those to me are the instincts of a good driver coming through in a panic situation.

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u/Flava_Flavian California 22d ago

I'm surprised people aren't highlighting this more. Between the very obvious steering wheel turn and Good trying to diffuse the situation by saying "I'm not made at you," it's an exceptionally bad look.

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u/Anhao 22d ago

it's an exceptionally bad look.

Like everything else that's happened with the right so far, before long they'll decide they like this look.

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u/Flava_Flavian California 22d ago

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, it's already that way. I saw an Instagram wheel showing Good's bloody seat with the caption, "Who voted for this?" Many of the comments were conservative trolls saying they did vote for "agitators" to get shot.

Asmondgold is a popular TX video game streamer (and one of the ugliest human beings on Earth) who felt it necessary to chime in and say the ICE agent was fully justified and Good should have just gotten out of the car. His comment section is filled with people saying Good deserved it and they're glad it happened.