The Trump cabal rightfully is catching shit for maintaining that Renee Good was driving at ICE agent Jonathan Ross despite multiple videos showing that’s not true. That unimaginative response has been the LEO standard for decades. Anytime they shoot someone in a vehicle, they claim the officer feared for his life because the victim was aiming the vehicle at them.
It is very often a lie.
Anybody remember the Lymond Moses killing by New Castle County police in 2021? Same excuse offered, that he drove at officers, same video debunking the claim when body cam footage showed he was driving around them, not at them.
The county paid more than $1 million to settle the lawsuit.
The big new wrinkle in the Trump response: They’re maintaining the lie even though everyone can see they’re lying. The amazing part: Many of these MAGAts claim it’s true even as they watch the videos showing it’s not. Of course, we can’t tell how many of those online MAGAts are real people or live in the U.S., but I think most people dislike having their intelligence insulted.