"President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed Renee Nicole Macklin Good and her wife, Becca Good for Wednesday's fatal shooting of Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, portraying the 37-year-old Minneapolis mother as "very radical," "very violent," and "highly disrespectful" toward law enforcement - language that critics say amounts to an attempt to justify the use of deadly force while erasing the identity of a same-sex couple at the center of a national tragedy."
"Trump's remarks came after new cellphone footage, filmed by Ross, circulated online and contradicts the administration's account of the shooting. In one clip, Good is seen calmly telling Ross, "I'm not mad at you," moments before she is killed. The video shows Good turning her steering wheel sharply away from the agent and attempting to pull away in her vehicle after her wife, standing outside, urged her to "drive, baby, drive." Ross then fired three shots at point-blank range, killing her."
President Trump blamed Renee Nicole Macklin Good and her wife, Becca Good, for Good's fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and defended agent Jonathan Ross's actions. The president described Good as "very radical," "very violent," and "highly disrespectful" toward law enforcement and called her and her wife "professional agitators." New cellphone footage filmed by Ross contradicts the administration's account and shows Good telling Ross, "I'm not mad at you," then turning her steering wheel and attempting to drive away as her wife urged her to "drive, baby, drive." Ross then fired three point-blank shots, killing Good. There is no evidence that Good and her wife were harassing ICE for hours, and her family says she had just dropped her child at school.
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