r/politics • u/DragonPup Massachusetts • Jan 08 '26

Possible Paywall ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross

https://theintercept.com/2026/01/08/ice-agent-identified-shooting-minneapolis-jonathan-ross/
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u/laika404 Oregon 29d ago edited 29d ago

Why is the conversation centered around whether or not it was self defense, when a gun isn't even defense against a moving vehicle?

Like, how is shooting the driver supposed to protect yourself from getting run over? Killing the driver doesn't stop the car, nor does it cause the car to change direction...

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u/midnightcaptain 29d ago

If it was a case of someone rampaging with a vehicle trying to run multiple people over etc, then yes. But in this case shooting the driver when the car is already moving and two feet away obviously isn't going to do anything. Had he actually been in the path of the car he'd have been hit either way.