There may be some subtle differences between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to the legal concept of self-defence.

But generally, the law on both sides of the border is simple: if your life is in imminent danger, you are entitled to use deadly force to repel that threat.

What happened in Minneapolis last week wasn’t self-defence.

Anyone who has watched the various videos circulating over the fatal shooting of Minnesota mom Renee Nicole Good with any semblance of impartiality knows that.

Yet anyone in the administration of Donald Trump who has commented on the tragedy, from the president himself to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has spun the killing to try to justify the actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who killed Good.

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