A former FBI supervisor says the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was likely preventable on at least two fronts.
On Wednesday, an undercover ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old man Renee Nicole Good. Video of the incident shows agents telling Good, who was in the driver’s seat of an SUV idling in the middle of the road, to “get out of the bad guy’s car.” One agent got down on top of the vehicle and could be seen grabbing the door handle. Good briefly put the vehicle in reverse before being seen turned around by the agents, one of whom fired multiple shots, killing her. The vehicle ended up crashing into a nearby utility pole.
The video shows the ICE agent walking away from the scene, apparently without any noticeable injuries. He was later treated and released at a nearby hospital.
The video shows at least three agents near Good’s SUV. The agent who tried to open the driver’s side door, the second agent standing about six feet behind the first agent, and the third agent who appears to have approached the vehicle from the passenger side and walked in front of the vehicle:
Hours later The 11th Hour on MS NOW, Rob D’Amicoa former FBI supervisor and ex-Miami police officer, explained how the incident likely could have been avoided in several ways.
“Obviously, we don’t know much about what led up to the shooting, Rob, but did you see any de-escalation attempts on the part of those officers in the videos we watched?” host Stephanie Ruhle he asked.
In the videos we watched, I didn’t. He went from talking to her about stopping the car to immediately putting his hands in the vehicle, and that’s when she started going. And I think that actually distracted her to the point where that officer was walking in front of the vehicle from his vehicle.
So, I probably don’t think she saw her walking ahead because her attention was on that officer right at the door.
And it reminds me of the time that one of the first arrests I made in Miami, I actually got in front of a vehicle and my supervisor caught me behind, and I think he was pretty strict with me. He said, “Look, people don’t block vehicles. Vehicles block vehicles. Don’t put yourself in a situation where you then have to use deadly force if that vehicle comes at you because one, you’re not going to stop it. You’re going to get hit no matter what.”
So, you know, again, going back to the training, he probably should have gone in her passenger door, which was a much safer alternative if he was trying to help the officer who was trying to get her out of the vehicle. But again, I saw nothing. They immediately went to get into her vehicle, told her to get out, and who knows how they identified themselves or what they were doing at that point to get there.
Watch above via MS NOW.