"Good-a 37-year-old poet and mother of three -was a legal observer who ICE agents said was impeding them with her SUV. Video shows Good and another occupant in her vehicle, both US citizens, briefly engaging with agents. Good's passenger got back in the car as an agent ordered them to "get out of the car." One agent had positioned himself in front of Good's vehicle, then started to draw his gun, firing at her as she drove away. She died moments later."
""Sometimes criminals get shot," the Portland officer tells an anti-ICE protester in response to Good's actions. "By who?" the protester asks, filming at a close range. "By law enforcement," the officer responds. He goes on to suggest that anyone deemed to be breaking the law is at risk of being shot by police, including those driving their car "at a cop.""
Portland police leadership had encouraged residents to exercise First Amendment rights following recent federal-agent shootings. Video captured on Saturday shows a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) bike officer defending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent's lethal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis during an encounter at an ICE facility. A separate video from January 9 shows another PPB officer repeatedly punching a protester who was already subdued. In the January 9 footage, an officer identified by badge 930 cavalierly suggests law enforcement can shoot people deemed criminals, including drivers who allegedly drive at officers. Both officers are under internal review.
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