"When Good tried to drive away from her otherwise anemic standoff with ICE, Ross shot her in the face. Good was barred from receiving medical aid for 15 minutes. It's all pretty grizzly, and it's increasingly mundane. This year, ICE has killed two people already so far. Last year, they killed 32, its most fatal year since 2004. That's one reason it feels like Ross could get away with this, a murder, entirely without consequence."
"But on Friday night, a new angle emerged-cell phone footage from Ross himself. In it, more realities of the killing are clarified: Good wasn't antagonizing the agent, and she didn't turn her wheels to try to hit him, but instead to drive away slowly. Most telling are Ross's final words, after he kills Good but before he stops recording. As her van drifts off, Good soon-to-be dead in the drivers' seat, he mutters "fucking bitch," mostly to himself."
"I know, I know: who gives a shit about mere words when he literally murdered a woman in the street? On camera, in front of witnesses? With the president defending his every move? It's almost farcical to care. But to call Good a "fucking bitch"-after he already shot her-still tells us plenty about how Trump and his soldiers think about the rest of us."
Cellphone and surveillance footage document ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good in the face as she attempted to drive away from a weak standoff. Good was denied medical aid for fifteen minutes and died; federal and state investigations are entangled, raising concerns about impunity. Ross's own video clarifies that Good did not provoke or attempt to strike the agent and instead tried to leave slowly. After the shooting, Ross muttered 'fucking bitch,' revealing dehumanizing attitudes. ICE killings have increased, with two deaths this year and thirty-two last year, its deadliest year since 2004.
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