[foldr]

The video shows someone who could just have taken a step back (or better still, not stepped in front of the goddamn car in the first place) deciding instead to shoot someone in the face. Even if everything you’re saying were true – which anyone can verify is not the case by watching the video you've linked – it would be completely insane to try to stop a moving car by shooting the driver.

On top of all this, the ICE agents clearly had no legitimate reason to be interfering with this woman’s car anyway, as she was driving away from the scene and was not suspected of any immigration offense.

[giardini]

A step back would not guarantee safety. Had there been no ice, the car likely would have struck the agent (b/c she "gunned" the engine).

But yes, it was not safe to step in front of that car. The engine was running and the transmission was engaged at least some of the time. But that is one of the dangers officers face every day, e.g. directing traffic, etc.

foldr says >...which anyone can verify is not the case by watching the video you've linked...<

I invite all to view the video at

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis...

and note that the

- wheels of the car are spinning and/or

- the car is moving forward

whilst the wheels are pointed (assuming the driver's perspective)

- first, to the left of the ICE agent,

- then, toward the ICE agent, and finally,

- to the right of the ICE agent.

That is, she "swept" the position of the ICE agent while the wheels were spinning or pulling the vehicle forward.

foldr says >"...it would be completely insane to try to stop a moving car by shooting the driver..."

Shooting also encourages a driver to point the vehicle away from the shooter.

The question is not one of sanity but of what is legal.

The spinning wheels point to interpretations favorable to the ICE agent. There is no denying that she gunned the motor and simultaneously "swept" his position while the wheels were spinning and the motor racing.

[giardini]

Why the downvote?

Renee Good hit the gas while her wheels were pointed to the left, directly at, and to the right of the shooting ICE officer. You can see the wheels moving the whole time. So at some moment as she drove away the ICE agent was facing an accelerating car headed directly toward him. That provides justification to shoot.

Had the street been dry she would have run into or over the ICE officer. He was spared harm b/c her car's wheels failed to fully gain traction on the icy road.

The logic and the physical situation are inescapable. You may not like it but that doesn't change the facts.

[giardini]

Hell there's even a theorem in calculus about this situation: maybe someone can remind me of it's name.