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BumRushDaShow

(166,285 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:05 AM Yesterday

Minneapolis Police Chief Questions ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good - Tells 60 Minutes He Violated 'Basic Steps'

Source: MEDIAite

Jan 18th, 2026, 7:42 pm


Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara questioned the actions of the ICE agent who shot and killed protester Renee Good earlier this month during an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday. O’Hara said the agent violated “basic steps” that officers know about approaching vehicles.

Correspondent Cecilia Vega said the shooting has become a national “Rorschach test,” where some Americans see a “senseless killing” and others see an “officer defending his life.”

O’Hara said he has watched clips of the incident — and come away asking why the officer was in front of Good’s SUV right before the shooting.

“It’s not clear to me why he appears to be in the path of the vehicle more than once,” O’Hara said. “When you approach someone in a vehicle in a law enforcement encounter, there are very basic steps you take to ensure the officer’s safety and de-escalate the situation.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/minneapolis-police-chief-questions-ice-agent-who-shot-renee-good-tells-60-minutes-he-violated-basic-steps-of-being-an-officer/



Full headline: Minneapolis Police Chief Questions ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good — Tells 60 Minutes He Violated ‘Basic Steps’ of Being An Officer

The Philly Sheriff, Rochelle Bilal, who was a Philly police officer for 27 years before eventually running for and being elected "Sheriff" (the position responsible for courtroom security, prisoner transport, sales of homes delinquent on taxes, etc), said the SAME thing in her now-viral remarks at the Philly D.A. press conference.


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MLWR

(809 posts)
4. " there are very basic steps you take to ensure the officer's safety and de-escalate the situation."
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 08:50 AM
Yesterday

That is only if the officer WANTS to de-escalate the situation. He very obviously didn't want to. He was obviously itching to shoot someone. And to have "plausible deniability" in doing so.

azureblue

(2,689 posts)
6. not "Someone"
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:32 AM
Yesterday

Her. He knew she was gay and he is a homophobic white supremacist. What he said after he killed her, proves it. He knew who she was.

HariSeldon

(540 posts)
7. One stone or our side of the balance
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:46 AM
Yesterday

IANAL, but in Barnes vs. Felix (2024 term), the US Supreme Court unanimously agreed that the totality of the circumstances leading to the use of force -- not just the "moment of threat" -- must be used to evaluate the reasonability of the level of force employed. This case was pretty specifically about a law enforcement officer creating the danger he then used to justify lethal force. If Ross, through his own choice of action, put himself in danger or failed to take reasonable steps (in this case, literally taking one or more steps backward) of lesser force, he probably ceded his qualified immunity.

drmeow

(5,949 posts)
11. Was scrolling down
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 02:41 PM
21 hrs ago

to post something similar. ICE has NO INTEREST in de-escalating the situation and this particular POS just wanted to shoot someone, even better that it was a woman, who wasn't treating him like a God.

flvegan

(65,848 posts)
8. "...and de-escalate the situation'" See Chief, that's where you're missing the point.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:55 AM
Yesterday

He wasn't trying to de-escalate anything. Maybe rather than talking to 60 Minutes about it, you should talk to the perp.

Martin68

(27,161 posts)
10. No, the Chief is not "missing the point" at all. He is conducting a formal investigation into everything the ICE officer
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:26 PM
22 hrs ago

did that was against regulations and broke laws. This is how it is done.

Martin68

(27,161 posts)
9. I'm glad to hear that the Minneapolis Police Chief is investigating the ICE officer who murdered Ms. Good.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:24 PM
22 hrs ago

MichMan

(16,718 posts)
12. The headline gives the perception that Ross was brought in for questioning by the Minneapolis PD
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 03:37 PM
20 hrs ago

BumRushDaShow

(166,285 posts)
13. Sometimes one has to read past the headline and at least look at the first sentence
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 04:15 PM
19 hrs ago
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara questioned the actions of the ICE agent


They had a too-long headline to fit as it is and they apparently wanted to emphasize on what program the comment was made.
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