Minneapolis is once again at the center of a storm over law enforcement use of force after a fatal shooting by an ICE agent last week.
Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has shifted her stance on the incident involving the death of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good.
Good was killed by ICE agent Jonathan “Jon” Ross during a protest against the planned detention of Somali migrants.
The anti-ICE activist used her SUV to block federal immigration operations before using her vehicle to ram an agent, forcing him to open fire in self-defense.
The shooting occurred last Wednesday in Minneapolis.
As Slay News reported, additional footage released on Friday, including from Ross’s own phone, debunked the false narrative being pushed by the Democrats and their corporate media allies that framed the shooting as a “murder.”
The overwhelming evidence prompted Omar to acknowledge on CNN’s “Face The Nation” that Good’s SUV was moving at the time of the shooting.
Federal officials determined that the act was self-defense.
Meanwhile, the city’s Democrat mayor called the ICE agent’s actions “reckless.”
The Left’s false narratives about the shooting have prompted widespread protests.
Omar initially argued, just four days before her CNN appearance, that the video showed no threat to Ross, asserting that no agent fell or was struck by the vehicle, the Daily Mail reported.
She then doubled down, calling out President Donald Trump’s narrative that Ross acted in self-defense as misguided.
However, after Ross’s phone video emerged showing Good revving her engine and driving into him as he stood in front of her vehicle, Omar admitted the SUV was in motion during the encounter.
This pivot raises questions about whether the full context was considered before her first remarks, especially as multiple angles of Good’s final moments now paint a more complex picture.
Videos from the scene show Good in her car, seemingly calm at first, even saying, “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad.”
Yet tensions escalated as Ross, wearing a face covering, approached, tried to open her door, and gave orders to exit the vehicle, orders Good ignored, according to reports.
Her wife, Rebecca Good, 40, can be heard confronting Ross, demanding he “show his face” during the heated exchange.
Good then revved her engine and drove straight into Ross, a move the Trump administration ties to the protest context.
Ross’s camera jerked violently in the video as he was struck by the vehicle and fired three shots, one through the windshield, killing her.
President Trump has staunchly defended Ross, insisting Good directly endangered the agent by driving into him, a far cry from merely attempting to flee.
His blunt take, that she “ran him over” and behaved “horribly,” aligns with federal claims of self-defense but clashes with other eyewitness accounts and footage interpretations.
Omar, for her part, still critiques the agents’ actions, noting a trained officer should avoid positioning himself before a moving vehicle, a point that resonates with those questioning tactical decisions in the heat of the moment.
Minneapolis, still scarred from the murder of George Floyd over five years ago, finds itself reeling from yet another controversial law enforcement killing.
The mayor’s condemnation of the shooting as “reckless” echoes a weary community’s frustration with repeated incidents of violence by authorities.
While protests over immigration policies, specifically the detention plans for Somali migrants, provide a backdrop, the core issue remains whether deadly force was justified or if de-escalation could have saved a life.
As investigations unfold, Omar has called for accountability, hoping clarity will emerge from the conflicting accounts and footage.
Her shift in narrative, though, risks fueling skepticism about political posturing on both sides of this tragedy.
With a slain mother of three at the heart of this story, the nation watches Minneapolis once more, wondering if justice will bridge the divide or deepen the wounds of distrust in law enforcement.
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