‘Overreacting’: Ex-FBI Official Rips Trump Admin’s ‘Asinine’ Excuses For ICE Shooting | EUROtoday

An ex-FBI official on Friday reacted to alleged cellular phone footage filmed by the federal immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

″[I see] officers overreacting to what admittedly could be some sarcastic and frivolously combative civilians. But I don’t see a state of affairs that might require the appliance of lethal drive,” Michael Feinberg informed MS NOW’s Chris Jansing.

The alleged video — first shared by right-wing web site Alpha News — seems to be from the angle of the shooter, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross.

The clip exhibits Good inside her automobile as she tells Ross that she’s “not mad” at him. Good’s spouse, Becca Good, is seen exterior the automobile and seems to be filming Ross.

“You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy,” mentioned Good’s spouse within the video.

Moments later, Good drives away and the digicam pans up because the agent shoots her. Someone is later heard within the clip saying, “Fucking bitch.”

Vice President JD Vance has since used the video to assert that the agent’s “life was endangered and he fired in self-defense,” a declare that falls in step with the Department of Homeland Security’s preliminary assertion on the capturing.

Feinberg, a former assistant particular agent in cost on the FBI, emphasised that legislation enforcement officers must exhibit “emotional maturity” in addition to “an ability to keep your cool” on the job.

“Getting heckled, getting videotaped. Anything related to those two activities. That’s part of the job,” he mentioned.

“Somebody filming you on a cell phone and giving you sass is not a threat to your life. It’s not even a threat to your safety. It’s a minor annoyance at best.”

Feinberg questioned “why on Earth” the agent can be filming the interplay together with his cellular phone. He additionally referred to as out each Vance and President Donald Trump for commenting on the capturing previous to an investigation.

He referred to the “fucking bitch” comment heard within the clip because the “height of unprofessionalism,” attributing the remark to one of many brokers on the scene.

Feinberg famous that Ross had “a lot of equipment to protect himself” and would wish to maintain his fingers freed from a cellular phone if he feared for his life or thought he was at risk.

“This is like, I’m sorry, but that excuse is asinine,” he mentioned.