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 towards a regulation enforcement officer and the general public,” Noem mentioned on Sunday’s episode of CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Simply hours after the taking pictures Wednesday, Noem mentioned in a information convention that ICE brokers have been making an attempt 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 vehicles, and “impeding regulation enforcement operations.”
Noem mentioned Good was blocking site visitors for a number of minutes, was yelling on the officers and “impeding a federal regulation enforcement investigation.” She went on to say that officers ordered Good to get out of her automotive, however as a substitute she tried to run over Jonathan Ross, the veteran ICE agent.
“This seems an try to 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 thing that I’ve mentioned has been confirmed to be factual and the reality,” Noem mentioned on Sunday. “This administration desires 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 based mostly on his coaching to defend himself and his colleagues round him,” Noem mentioned.
A number of video recordings, nonetheless, present Good was making an attempt to reverse away from the brokers when Ross shot her via the windshield.
Good’s ex-husband instructed The Related Press that Good was driving house from dropping off her 6-year-old son at college when she encountered the ICE brokers. Good’s spouse, Becca Good, instructed native media the 2 of them “had been making an attempt to assist their neighbors when she was shot.”
