Trump’s menacingly dishonest response to the Minnesota ICE shooting |
Renee Nicole Good sat idling in her car Wednesday, observing an ongoing ICE operation. The 37-year-old then attempted to drive away, reportedly at the instruction of one federal agent on scene. In response, another ICE officer shot her to death.
It is possible that we still lack some significant context for Good’s killing. But her final moments were recorded by multiple bystanders. And the footage shows that her tires were pointing away from the agent who shot her — and that her vehicle did not run over any part of his body. By all appearances, she posed no significant physical threat to the officer, let alone a mortal one. Yet her life is now over and her 6-year-old child is an orphan.
In the face of these facts, one might have expected the White House to proceed cautiously. After all, the immediate evidence indicated that — at the very least — a needless killing may have........