NBC News reporter Ryan J. Reilly posted a comment he received from a former federal agent who was astounded by a slowed-down and annotated analysis of the video showing the shooting death of Minneapolis mom Renee Nicole Good.
In a message, Reilly received, the agent said that they'd watched the slower version of the video posted by the New York Times, which highlights the location of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross' limbs, was near the car.
"I watched it," the former agent began, "that actually made it much worse. He never should have been in front of the SUV. We are trained to do not get in front of a vehicle like that, there's only bad outcomes."
One of the claims from Homeland Security and the White House was that Good was trying to run over the officer. Another was that Good was reaching for a weapon and the agent was afraid for his life. All of the videos disprove those claims.
"Also, his video clearly shows she was not surreptitiously reaching for any objects within the vehicle drivers compartment, so the only defense for the agent would be that she was trying to run him over, which clearly isn't the case, as emphasized by the fact that his legs were out of the way," the former agent described.
"This video also shows the SUV was moving so slowly that even in icy conditions, he should've just moved out of the way," the agent added. "In the Department of Justice, we are prohibited from using deadly force purely to prevent escape. Bad shoot all around."
The Department of Homeland Security continues to deny these accounts.
View Reilly's post below:
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
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— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) January 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
