With out proof, Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem doubled down on her accusation that Renee Good, the lady shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, was committing “an act of home terrorism.”
“She weaponized her automobile to conduct an act of violence in opposition to a legislation enforcement officer and the general public,” Noem said on Sunday’s episode of CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Simply hours after the capturing Wednesday, Noem said in a news conference that ICE brokers have been attempting to take away a automobile that was caught within the snow. Noem mentioned a “mob of agitators” have been “harassing” ICE brokers and blocking them in with their automobiles, and “impeding legislation enforcement operations.”
Noem mentioned Good was blocking visitors for a number of minutes, was yelling on the officers and “impeding a federal legislation enforcement investigation.” She went on to say that officers ordered Good to get out of her automobile, however as a substitute she tried to run over Jonathan Ross, the veteran ICE agent.
“This seems an try and kill or trigger bodily hurt to brokers, an act of home terrorism,” she mentioned, including that Ross “feared for his life” and fired “defensive pictures.”
Jake Tapper, the host of CNN’s “State of the Union,” pressed Noem on releasing a press release on what occurred earlier than there was an investigation.
“Every little thing that I’ve mentioned has been confirmed to be factual and the reality,” Noem mentioned on Sunday. “This administration needs to function in transparency. I’ve the duty because the secretary of Homeland Safety to know this data as quickly as attainable.”
“You see how shortly the state of affairs unfolded, how the officer was in entrance of the automobile when she sped off, how she bumped into him and the way he needed to take fast motion primarily based on his coaching to defend himself and his colleagues round him,” Noem mentioned.
A number of video recordings, nevertheless, present Good was attempting to reverse away from the brokers when Ross shot her by means of the windshield.
Good’s ex-husband told The Associated Press that Good was driving dwelling from dropping off her 6-year-old son at college when she encountered the ICE brokers. Good’s spouse, Becca Good, told local media the 2 of them “had been attempting to help their neighbors when she was shot.”
