A new video on the cellphone camera of the shooting officer is now available. That is the video that some of us have said that we most wanted to see. It shows the car driving directly into the officer as the wife of Good taunts the officer...
...The speed of the encounter is captured in the new video and reinforces the argument of the officer under the prevailing legal standard. This does not appear to be something akin to being hit by a refrigerator door, according to Mayor Frey...
...The video does show that Good's wife taunted the agents taking the license plate of the vehicle and indicated that they expected to be contacted later. However, Good takes off without her and speeds directly into the officer...
...The officer is shown moving to assist his colleague who is ordering Good to get out of the door. He does not appear to be positioning himself in front of the car but rather struck as he moved to his right...
...The video captures how this officer had a split second to decide in such circumstances. This videotape reinforces the argument of the ICE...
...Notably, the wife was trying to get into the car as Good took off in defiance of the officers. The review looks through the eyes of the officer who is faced by a vehicle that is surging toward him as officers try to stop the driver...
...I cannot speak to Mayor Frey's encounters with refrigerators but this is a bit more than a bad appliance encounter.
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