In brief
A video filmed by a bystander has shed light on the chaotic moments leading up to the shooting of Renee Good during an ICE operation in Minneapolis. The three-and-a-half-minute clip, posted by the Department of Homeland Security, shows Good in her SUV blocking part of the road and the actions taken by law enforcement officers during the encounter. As tensions rise, the video captures both the command from officers for Good to exit her vehicle and her wife's urging to drive away, culminating in gunfire. The incident has stirred national debate over the use of force by federal agents and the implications for immigration enforcement practices.
A newly released video shows more of what happened before a federal immigration officer shot and killed a woman during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis, adding context to a shooting that has sparked national debate on whether the officer acted in self-defense or recklessly.
The video, which is 3 1/2 minutes long and was filmed by a bystander, was posted Sunday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It shows federal officers and vehicles on a snowy street as a car horn blares on and off, with the sounds of whistles adding to the cacophony.
The camera swings to the left, showing a red SUV sitting perpendicular and blocking part of the road, the woman inside, Renee Good, pressing the horn repeatedly. After over a minute, Good pulled the SUV back slightly, unblocking part of the road and appears to wave at cars to pass. Two vehicles drive past her down the street.
Bystander videos released last week, shot from multiple angles, show what happened next.
A video filmed by the officer who fired at Good shows one officer ask Good to get out of the car and another tries to open her door. The officer who is filming circles around to the front of the vehicle.
Good reverses briefly, which places the officer who is filming in front of the driver’s side of the vehicle. Good then turns the steering wheel toward the passenger side as an officer says again, “get out of the car.” Almost simultaneously, her wife, standing on the passenger side and trying to open the door, shouts, “drive, baby, drive!”
The SUV pulls forward, the video veers up toward the sky and gunshots are heard. Other footage of the shooting shows the officer who fired holstering his gun, then a few seconds of silence before Good’s SUV crashes into a parked car.
