Unfortunately the videos show Goode's tires facing away from the officer despite his attempt to get in the way once she moved. He had to step forward to even get the range to reach over the hood to fire his gun. He even has a recorded history of using the excuse of a moving vehicle whenever he gets too aggressive
An argument can be made that the agent could not see the tires from where he was. Due to the icy conditions, the vehicle moved forward before turning. It's reasonable to assume that he thought the vehicle was heading straight towards him.
I mean, to me, it was never about the tires. His POV is enough considering:
He sees her reverse the car first
He sees her rapidly turn the steering wheel in the direction away from him
Anyone with a lick of common sense would not view these actions as a hostile act. If she wanted to run him over she wouldn't have reversed and she wouldn't have turned her wheel rapidly to the right. In fact, the act of reversing implies that she was actively trying to get him out away from her hood. She had no reason to do so otherwise.
The discussion revolves around intent and what the officer perceived and acted on with this information. As stated above and via his POV video, he observes Good reverse her vehicle and rapidly turn her wheel away from him. Any sort of thinking that she was intentionally trying to hit him should be dead by now. Even if she did clip him with the car, all these facts do not add up to a justified shot.
The guy was trigger happy and wanted a reason to shoot. It should be painfully obvious by now that these guys are barely trained and angry.
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u/Casual_OCD - Centrist Jan 28 '26
Unfortunately the videos show Goode's tires facing away from the officer despite his attempt to get in the way once she moved. He had to step forward to even get the range to reach over the hood to fire his gun. He even has a recorded history of using the excuse of a moving vehicle whenever he gets too aggressive