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Jonathan Ross is the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7 [Minneapolis Star Tribune] (www.startribune.com)

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[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 15 points 1 week ago

Munoz-Guatemala ignored the agents’ commands, including to fully roll down his car window, so Ross broke open his rear window and reached inside to unlock the door.

fuck these murdering fascist assholes

rolling down the window only partially when the gestapo wants it down all the way is not a good reason to escalate the situation by breaking one of the car's windows

that escalation triggers the driver's fight-or-flight response, so he tries to drive off. the only reason the agent gets dragged by the car is because he escalated the situation by breaking the rear window and reaching in.

Ross was dragged alongside the vehicle and twice fired his Taser as Munoz-Guatemala weaved back and forth “in an apparent attempt to shake” him from the car. About 300 feet down the road, Munoz-Guatemala re-entered the street and the force knocked the officer from the car.

was he "dragged" by the car...or was he holding on to something inside the car because he wanted to go along for the ride?

it sounds like he escalated the situation in the first place, and then played out some action-movie fantasies he had of trying to tase the driver of the car while it was moving