The New York Times performed a second video analysis (gift link) of the killing of Renee Nicole Good, this time with video from the cellphone of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Good three (or four) times. The Department of Homeland Security released that video in an effort to exculpate Ross and prove he was “run over,” while White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called for the New York Times to “update their reporting on the ICE Agent’s self defense.”

The Times complied, syncing this new video with the others they previously analyzed.

It didn’t help the agent at all.

Instead of proving Ross was run over, it showed that he:

• was a couple of feet in front of the car as it turned away from him;
• leaned forward on the car (apparently for balance) and was possibly being pushed backward by the car;
• managed to maintain a grip on his cellphone while he shot at Good.

It also records that his first instinct upon shooting a woman three (or four) times was to call her a “fucking bitch.”

This was their defense.

I’m struck by the monumental arrogance it takes to release this video and claim it vindicates Ross.

The cry from the White House and right-wing nut jobs was that Ross was “run over.” But his own video shows that he was never on top of or under the car. At best, he briefly lost his footing on the icy asphalt, used the car to brace himself, and was pushed a couple of feet as the car turned away from him. He regained his balance quickly enough to fire, one-handed, into a moving vehicle. And then exclaim “fucking bitch.”

Absolutely pathetic. Arrest and charge Jonathan Ross.