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Brooks: Won't Judge Minneapolis, But ICE Has Acted 'Like Thugs'
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Brooks: Won't Judge Minneapolis, But ICE Has Acted 'Like Thugs'

The trio of PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks assembled on Friday to discuss the situation in Minneapolis. While Bennett failed in his moderating duties to mention new evidence that would seem to justify the ICE agent acting in self-defense, Capehart was still certain that he was in the wrong. Brooks, meanwhile, claimed he did not wish to pass judgement before an investigation but nevertheless agreed that ICE has been “acting like thugs.” Not only did Bennett not discuss the new video—PBS did play it earlier in the show before the Brooks and Capehart segment—but he didn’t even mention the word “car” when he asked Capehart, “So, Jonathan, this week marked a grim turning point, as an ICE agent, as you both well know, shot and killed a U.S. citizen during an enforcement operation as part of President Trump's expanded immigration raids. Your reaction to all that's unfolded?”     Capehart declared, “It's a tragedy that's been unfolding in other communities around the country. I think Governor Walz, Minnesota Governor Walz, was correct when he said to the president, you know, these federal agents, these ICE agents, they're not making us safer. You are making the community, our citizens, more afraid.” According to Capehart, Rennee Good’s reaction was perfectly understandable, “And why shouldn't they be afraid? Not just because of what happened to Renee Good, but the way they have been operating, not just in Minneapolis, but in other cities across the country, unmarked cars, unidentifiable, masked. People don't know who these people are who are lunging at them on streets, lunging at them in their cars.” In the incident, you can clearly see flashing lights indicating the car belongs to law enforcement. Still, Capehart claimed that people condemning Minnesota officials’ incendiary rhetoric are the ones with the problem: The righteous indignation that we have heard from state and local officials, from the governor, most definitely from the mayor, I think is warranted. And anyone giving Mayor Frey, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, the blues for being very explicit in what he wants ICE officers to do, how he feels about this, which is more unconscionable, him dropping the F-bomb or having a person who lives in his city killed by federal agents no one asked for? The mayor didn't ask for them. The governor didn't ask for them. Bennett then turned to Brooks, “David, video of the shooting spread almost instantly. And just as quickly, the White House and DHS moved to label it an act of domestic terrorism, that the ICE agent, they said, was acting in self-defense. What does this whole thing reveal about how narratives are being set before investigations are even complete?” Not just the White House and DHS, liberals including Frey and Capehart had their own narrative that they were pushing prior to an investigation, which came before the new video Bennett omitted, which showed an officer demanding Good and her wife, Rebecca, get out of the car, and then Rebecca urging Good to “drive, baby, drive.”     That new information could have been useful for Brooks, because he began with a digression into a 1951 football game between Dartmouth and Princeton that later turned into a social experiment on how people see what they want to see in controversies. That led him to recall, “every single Trump person on my feed, my social media feeds was saying, this proves he shot her with just cause. And every single anti-Trump person on my feed said it was murder. I did not see one exception. And so I think what this tells us is the norm, which is essential to democracy, of putting the truth above your party and your team, that norm is eviscerated, at least on social media, hopefully not in real life.” With that in mind, Brooks claimed, “I'm not going to render a judgment on what happened, because we're going to have an investigation.” However, Brooks wasn’t exactly being neutral, “But what Jonathan said is absolutely correct, that the atmosphere that ICE has created is incendiary, that people who have power and have guns are supposed to exercise restraint, and they are doing the opposite. And the crust of civilization is thin. And once people with guns and with power began acting like thugs, well, then things are going to spiral. And that's what we have seen.” If Brooks really wants to wait for an investigation, then aligning himself with Capehart, who has already made up his mind, is not the way to do it. Here is a transcript for the January 9 show: PBS News Hour 1/9/2026 7:35 PM ET GEOFF BENNETT: So, Jonathan, this week marked a grim turning point, as an ICE agent, as you both well know, shot and killed a U.S. citizen during an enforcement operation as part of President Trump's expanded immigration raids. Your reaction to all that's unfolded? JONATHAN CAPEHART: It's a tragedy. Excuse me. It's a tragedy that's been unfolding in other communities around the country. I think Governor Walz, Minnesota Governor Walz, was correct when he said to the president, you know, these federal agents, these ICE agents, they're not making us safer. You are making the community, our citizens, more afraid. And why shouldn't they be afraid? Not just because of what happened to Renee Good, but the way they have been operating, not just in Minneapolis, but in other cities across the country, unmarked cars, unidentifiable, masked. People don't know who these people are who are lunging at them on streets, lunging at them in their cars. And so I think that the indignation, or, as I say, the righteous indignation that we have heard from state and local officials, from the governor, most definitely from the mayor, I think is warranted. And anyone giving Mayor Frey, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, the blues for being very explicit in what he wants ICE officers to do, how he feels about this, which is more unconscionable, him dropping the F-bomb or having a person who lives in his city killed by federal agents no one asked for? The mayor didn't ask for them. The governor didn't ask for them. BENNETT: And, David, video of the shooting spread almost instantly. And just as quickly, the White House and DHS moved to label it an act of domestic terrorism, that the ICE agent, they said, was acting in self-defense. What does this whole thing reveal about how narratives are being set before investigations are even complete? DAVID BROOKS: Yeah, let me talk first about the public debate, and then about the event, which Jonathan was talking about. In 1951, there was a brutal football game between Princeton and Dartmouth. And after the game, researchers sent the Princeton kids and the Dartmouth kids film, the exact same film video of the game. And the Princeton kids said, look, this film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Dartmouth kids did twice as many penalties. And the Dartmouth kids said, this film proves without a shadow of a doubt that the Princeton kids did all the penalties. And so they were looking at the same video. And it's a very famous social science experiment. And I watched it play out in real time this week, because every single Trump person on my feed, my social media feeds was saying, this proves he shot her with just cause. And every single anti-Trump person on my feed said it was murder. I did not see one exception. And so I think what this tells us is the norm, which is essential to democracy, of putting the truth above your party and your team, that norm is eviscerated, at least on social media, hopefully not in real life. As to the events of what actually happened, I'm not going to render a judgment on what happened, because we're going to have an investigation. I will leave it to them. And I hope Minnesota has full information to do the investigation. But what Jonathan said is absolutely correct, that the atmosphere that ICE has created is incendiary, that people who have power and have guns are supposed to exercise restraint, and they are doing the opposite. And the crust of civilization is thin. And once people with guns and with power began acting like thugs, well, then things are going to spiral. And that's what we have seen.

Dana Bash Pretends Colbert, Comedians 'Condense and Capture' How Society Feels
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Dana Bash Pretends Colbert, Comedians 'Condense and Capture' How Society Feels

On Friday's Inside Politics, CNN host Dana Bash was unintentionally funny when she claimed that "historically," the leftist late-night comedians "condense and capture the feeling in society at any given moment." So "society" always gravitates to the radical left and thinks President Trump is Putin's "cock holster." As usual, CNN sees its own ideological position as the "mainstream." Bash was reacting to Vice President Vance proclaiming "Ramming an ICE officer with your car. That’s what justifies being shot." Of course, CNN thinks threatening ICE officers from behind the wheel is "peaceful protest." If someone aimed their SUV at a CNN camera crew, would they feel like their lives were threatened? Well, if they're being assaulted by leftists, they tend to feel they deserved it, as happened with Black Lives Matter protesters pelting them with objects in a Minneapolis suburb in 2021. They packed up and left. CNN host Dana Bash: Normally, we'd turn to Democrats to rebut Vance, but late-night hosts like Colbert "really condense and capture the feeling in society at any given moment." Um, turning to Colbert IS turning to a Democrat. pic.twitter.com/xpNaBgD83p — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) January 10, 2026 BASH: Normally in a situation like this on Inside Politics, we would then say what Democrats are saying in response. There was another person who really caught our attention, and that is Stephen Colbert. You know, late night hosts now maybe got a lot of flack from the White House, but historically, they have been — people who really condense and capture the feeling in society at any given moment. Listen to Stephen Colbert. [Notice the fist pumping.] STEPHEN COLBERT: The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth, and when their forces come to your city, obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. BASH: Go ahead. ASTEAD HERNDON, VOX: Yeah. I mean, I think that Colbert sums up what is a public sentiment. I mean, when we hear DHS Secretary Kristi Noem kind of make those statements, I think it implies that non-compliance is a reason for death. And I don’t think that that’s true — and that’s not true for ICE, it’s not true for DHS officials. That’s not true in policy, and that’s not true morally, you know. "Obey or die" is propaganda, just the way CNN likes it. It's true that Renee Good would be alive if she'd stepped out of her car. But CNN wants it to sound like their leftist speech is being stifled, not using your car in a life-threatening manner. Bash and Herndon were speaking shortly before the video came out from the ICE officer through Alpha News in Minnesota, so it looks bad for them to say the ICE officer wasn't "rammed" by Renee Good, when he clearly was:  HERNDON: There was other statements, even with Vice President Vance, is there saying, that they rammed into the officer. That’s not really clearly what the video shows. I mean, I think that this is a form of kind of top-down narrative setting that this White House has become very used to. BASH: Exactly. HERNDON: But on certain issues, it really backfires on them, because I think the public can make up for their own minds. And also, I think Donald Trump is losing his narrative setting power.  CNN and the other lefties believe the "narrative-setting power" should always be with them, and with Comrade Colbert. 

Liberal TV Networks Rush Dismiss, Downplay ICE Cellphone Video in First Reactions
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Liberal TV Networks Rush Dismiss, Downplay ICE Cellphone Video in First Reactions

On Friday afternoon, the Minnesota-based conservative media outlet Alpha News scooped the national press with the first publication of the cellphone video of Minneapolis-based Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officer Brian Ross’s deadly confrontation Wednesday with Renee Good. As such it took a few hours for the liberal cable networks to share it and, when they did, the early reactions ranged from mixed to outright condemnation of the video providing a definitive account. MS NOW first aired the video at the start of Katy Tur Reports with the eponymous host arguing “many will disagree” with the belief stated by Vice President JD Vance the video showed the officer was in danger of being hit by Good in her car: MS NOW’s Katy Tur on the cellphone video of ICE officer Jonathan Ross from his deadly confrontation with Renee Good: “Many will likely disagree with [Vice President] JD Vance's conclusion there [that Good hit Ross with her car], as the moment of potential impact was not itself… pic.twitter.com/TEkNAw7Vz2 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026 Tur predictably found a former ICE official to call the conduct “a horrific situation for public safety,” the Trump administration’s actions as “bad for” everyone involved, and wonder why ICE was out there in that section of Minneapolis to begin with (click “expand”): JASON HAUSER: What I see is a — is a horrific situation for public safety. What I see is a horrific situation for federal law enforcement. There is a totality of this event that needs to be thoroughly investigated from all sides, and in a nonpartisan, serious manner by trained federal investigators, by the Office of Professional Responsibility within ICE, within the inspector general, and needs to be looked at holistically. What I see here is the administration seeking to adjudicate this case in the, you know, in the public square on Twitter. That is bad for law enforcement, that is bad for the public, and that is bad for migrants. Even looking at the situation here, what was the predicate for the operation? What was happening? What was the activities that ICE was carrying out in that community? Just specifically on that video? What I see by what is within the use of force handbook within ICE, what has been the directive for the use of force. I see a lot of — of — of — of issues here based on that, that sort of guidance that was developed over the last few years by ICE civilian personnel. What I also see is potentially now an officer with a gun in one hand and a phone in the other. That isn't a best practice. Also, walking in front of the car in that manner. You know, I've been in been involved in dozens of investigations, both within detention centers and the use of force, but also in — in my career in the military have been investigated for use of force and in combat operations in Afghanistan. We need seriousness brought to this situation. What we have here and foundationally, we need to question what is the public safety need for even these operations occurring in this manner, even to carry out the goals of the current administration? All of this needs to be into question, because clearly migrants have the safety and humane care and processing of immigrants to this country. And now U.S. civilians lives are being put at risk. We need to get back to sound law enforcement practices and sort of take this out of the public domain to be adjudicated in this manner. And all of this puts — puts us all at risk. Correspondent Alex Tabet found an anti-ICE protester to discount the video as having shown much of anything at all: Anti-ICE protester on MSNOW says the @AlphaNews video from ICE officer Jonathan Ross is “grainy and unclear” and ones that have already been released were “much clearer” pic.twitter.com/vqWUgOOwG3 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   CNN News Central gave former Comey FBI official-turned-correspondent Josh Campbell the first crack at it and, while he tried to hedge it, he seemed trying to admit the video showed the officer was struck by Good: CNN’s Josh Campbell admits the ICE officer’s cellphone video of his deadly confrontation with Renee Good that the thud heard at the end *might be* sound of the officer being “struck by that vehicle,” but it *might NOT* and instead “could be from you know, the phone on his… pic.twitter.com/RtuUp1ZZAS — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   Former D.C. and Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey actually argued the video made Good and her wife look, well, good (and Ross bad): CNN senior law enforcement analyst and former D.C. and Philly police chief Charles Ramsey says the ICE officer’s cellphone video shows Renee Good did not “seem like a threat at all and she does seem to be pleasant” and while her wife was “making comments,” it was “not a...tense… pic.twitter.com/P8zuWwX0oE — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   Chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller seemed more in line with Campbell. He at least was definitive in stating how helpful the video is in giving everyone a fuller picture of what took place: CNN chief law enforcement and intel analyst John Miller’s first reaction to the ICE officer’s cellphone video.... “Well, what stands out is a, it’s another angle that makes it helpful to start with. B, it’s the closest thing that we are going to have in all likelihood, to the… pic.twitter.com/G0sz5W4fEg — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   Shifting to the broadcast network streaming platforms, ABC News Live gave correspondent Armando Garcia first dibs. Garcia scoffed the video will matter all that much, predicting the video will yield “more questions than answers.” ABC News contributor Brad Garrett was like CNN’s Ramsey in stating Ross’s cellphone footage underlined his belief “this is another super sad situation where a lack of communication, I think, caused, not caused, but certainly attitude, somebody’s being harmed.” Serving in the same role former Trump official-turned-Never Trump Elizabeth Neumann did on ABC News Live Wednesday, former Biden Homeland Security official Marcia Espinoza was unhinged in heralding Good and smearing Ross: Biden DHS official Marcia Espinoza says on ABC News Live in reacting to the ICE officer’s cellphone video that Renee Good was just “a bystander in the neighborhood” who was “attempt[ing] to drive way” and the “culture” of using deadly force came from Trump and Kristi Noem...… pic.twitter.com/KYmZPWSsJK — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026 Biden DHS official says on ABC News Live that ICE officer Jonathan Ross and his colleagues were there on the Minneapolis street “to harass [Renee Good] and show, you know, machisimo and intimidate them” into “escalat[ing] a situation” pic.twitter.com/HDFeywwWL1 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   On CBS News 24/7, correspondent Ash-har Quraishi was the only person to weigh in and first tried to downplay it by repeatedly emphasizing a cellphone “isn’t a body cam.” Adding “it's hard to make out some of the audio” since it’s “a little bit garbled,” he cited a protester who sure seemed like the same woman MS NOW spoke with. Thus, the video will be seen as, in Quraishi’s framing, inconclusive and “doesn’t really add much” (click “expand”): Now, just a few moments ago, I spoke to a young lady who was here at this location who also saw the video, and obviously, people are seeing different things in this video. She says it doesn't show clearly that he was actually hit by the vehicle. She says that what she saw was perhaps he bumped into the vehicle, but there was enough space. She says you can see his feet to the side of the vehicle as the car starts to go around him, and those shots are fired, but again, it just goes to the heart of the issue here, which is that people are looking at these videos and how much space there was here and whether or not she was impeding these officers from taking, you know, taking care of the work that they needed to do and whether or not they were justified in the use of force that was used. Still a debate. This video, some people say, clarifies for them on both sides. So, it doesn't really add much in terms of what we are seeing from people here. They say they're not convinced the other way. Thankfully, NBC News NOW wasn’t as slanted as correspondent Maggie Vespa was on Today and more in line with Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News. Here, their initial reactions began with correspondent Julia Ainsley’s quick but dry narration of the video and briefly downplaying it because it’s not as clean as “a bodycam video that would have a much wider perception and would have stayed rolling when he drew his weapon.” NBC law enforcement and intelligence correspondent Tom Winter – who had multiple moments Wednesday displaying the kind of calm, nuanced, sober analysis more in the press need to embrace – again delivered with another breakdown. Along with saying the video “gives us a new perspective” and while Ross’s actions ran counter to what his law enforcement sources told him they would have done, Winter predicted this will all be deemed “lawful”: WATCH: NBC’s Tom_Winter gives a pretty through analysis of the ICE officer’s video just after 2pm Eastern on NBC News NOW, noting what it shows, what it doesn’t show, and what this means for any investigation going forward.... “A couple things stand out to me. First, the… pic.twitter.com/lwL2Elc0Yw — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   NBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos also provided sensible analysis and said the video makes clear Good and her wife “were confrontation with police” and thus this vantage point gave more data for Ross’s use-of-force calculus: NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos on what the ICE officer’s cellphone video showed: “It’s evidence that both the driver and the passenger, her wife, was out of the car, were confrontational with police. Now, that doesn’t mean you conclude they were being violence or… pic.twitter.com/BwG52ESXJx — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 9, 2026   To see the relevant transcripts from January 9, click here (for ABC News Live), here (for CBS News 24/7), here (for NBC News NOW), here (for CNN), and here (for MS NOW).

Don't Prejudge MN Shooting, Scolds Morning Joe—But Declares Woman 'The Victim'
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Don't Prejudge MN Shooting, Scolds Morning Joe—But Declares Woman 'The Victim'

Hypocrisy was in high gear on Morning Joe today regarding the Minneapolis ICE shooting. The panel accused President Trump and JD Vance of "prejudging" the situation and "jumping to conclusions." But the panel repeatedly described Renee Nicole Good as "the victim." If Good is the victim, that, ipso facto, makes the ICE agents the guilty parties. So who's prejudging now? That wasn't the only instance of hypocrisy/double standards on display. Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson lamented that instead of "trying to calm people's fears down," leaders "are simply playing to [their] base and trying to amp it up." While Johnson didn't name names, this is MS NOW, so his accusation clearly seemed aimed at the Trump administration. But when it comes to playing to the base and amping things up instead of calming people's fears, consider these statements by an array of Democrats: Tim Walz called ICE "Trump's Gestapo," and declared, as he mobilized the MN National Guard, "we've never been at war with our federal government [until now?]" Jasmine Crockett called ICE "slave patrols." Ilhan Omar called ICE agents "vile and beyond cruel." Hakeem Jeffries implored people to "fight" the Trump administration "in the streets." Good old Maxine Waters called Trump "lowdown, no good, filthy," over ICE raids. And then there was Willie Geist, who didn't have his facts handy. He accused JD Vance of "jumping to conclusions" for saying that Good was part of a "broader left-wing network." Willie was apparently unaware that, as the New York Post has reported, Good was a member of "ICE Watch, a group of activists who worked to 'document and resist'" ICE activities. Good was described by someone who knew her as "a warrior." Note: In his remarks on the shooting, JD Vance criticized the media for failing to note that the ICE agent positioned in front of Good's vehicle had recently been involved in another incident in which he was caught and dragged by a fleeing suspect's vehicle, and suffered injuries requiring 33 stitches. Mika Brzezinski engaged in a form of faux sympathy, suggesting that if the agent was "so sensitive" as to become "trigger happy," he shouldn't have been allowed on the job. Here's the transcript. MS NOW Morning Joe 1/9/25 6:00 am ET JD VANCE: This was an attack on federal law enforcement. This was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the American people. The way that the media, by and large, has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace, and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day.  MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Media analyst and Vice President, J.D. Vance blaming the victim, and the media, following Wednesday's deadly shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis . . . Vice President J.D. Vance yesterday defended the officer's actions and blamed the victim yesterday during a briefing at the White House.  VANCE: What that headline leaves out is the fact that that very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago, 33 stitches in his leg. So you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile? What that headline leaves out is that that woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation in the United States of America. What that headline leaves out is that that woman is part of a broader left-wing network to attack, to dox, to assault, and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their job. She was trying to ram this guy with her car. He shot back. He defended himself. He's already been seriously wounded in law enforcement operations before. And everybody who's been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her, you should be ashamed of yourselves.  . . .  MIKA: If this guy is so sensitive and the victim of a trauma, what's he doing out in the field? It's just a question. Yeah, I, I don't understand what's going on here. He's been through an incredible trauma. Injured in that trauma. He's out in the field. And that's the explanation? He's trigger-happy because he's traumatized? Great.  JEH JOHNSON: Well, first of all, it's important to remember that the victim, her name is Renee Good, mother of three, who's dead today. I've looked at this video now maybe a dozen times, including at least six on this show yesterday. You don't have to be a law enforcement expert. You don't have to be a former Secretary of Homeland Security to know what happened, to see what happened.  Let's assume that Renee Good was there in an effort to somehow obstruct the enforcement of immigration laws. She was approached by several ICE officers, agents, armed, in a very menacing, aggressive fashion. Looks like she panicked and tried to veer off to the right flee the situation, and she was shot lethally three times in the course of trying to flee.  What I also see here that is problematic is, so many of our nation's leaders are prejudging what happened here, attacking the victim before the investigation is concluded. Actually, Tom Homan is the only one who had it right, who said, I'm going to [a]wait the results of the investigation. Tom Homan is a career law enforcement officer who used to work for me.  . . .  MIKA: The president is blaming the victim and the vice president is blaming the victim.  . . .  WILLIE GEIST: Yeah, and the vice president suggested yesterday during that news briefing that this ICE agent would have immunity in this case because of the context of the shooting.  Again, jumping to all kinds of conclusions before an investigation even has begun, and even suggesting that this woman is part of a, quote, broader left-wing network. He was pressed on that by a reporter and couldn't explain what he meant by that. He just assumed that she was part of something and therefore, I guess, deserved to be shot in the face as she was driving away.  . . .  JOHNSON: The litmus test for our elected leaders in a moment like this is, are you amping it up in your rhetoric or are you trying to tamp it down? Are you trying, for example, Spencer Cox, governor of Utah, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk there. Are you trying to calm people's fears down, or are you simply playing to your base and trying to amp it up? And I'm afraid there are too many in the latter category right now.  . . .  MIKA: The vice president has helped with the investigation in one way, pointing out that this shooter, the ICE agent in this case, was apparently extremely sensitive, a victim of trauma. And so you wonder about not just the training, but the regulations about putting ICE agents in the field who are suffering from trauma. Sounds like a very bad decision. 

VP Vance Shames Media with Video from ICE Agent’s Perspective
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VP Vance Shames Media with Video from ICE Agent’s Perspective

“You should all be ashamed of yourselves,” Vice President JD Vance told media Friday, pointing to new viral video purportedly showing the perspective of the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agent’s perspective when he shot and killed a Minnesota protester driving her vehicle toward him on Wednesday. “What the press has done in lying about this innocent law enforcement officer is disgusting. You should all be ashamed of yourselves,” Vance wrote in a social media post sharing video posted by Alpha News video earlier in the day. In its post of the video, Alpha News reports that it “has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis.” “Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn't hit by a car, wasn't being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense,” VP Vance explained in a separate post sharing the same video debunking the legacy media’s narrative vilifying the ICE agent.   BREAKING: Alpha News has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/p2wks0zew0 — Alpha News (@AlphaNews) January 9, 2026   The characterization of the shooting represents an all-time low in media dishonesty and false propaganda, Vance wrote in his first post regarding the video, in which he lays out the facts regarding the tragic incident and the ICE officer involved in it: “If you want to say this woman's death is a tragedy, that we should pray for her soul as Christians and Americans, then I agree with you. “But the media dishonesty about this officer is an all-time moment in shameless press propaganda. Does this law enforcement officer have a family? Yes. Did he he (sic) get seriously injured by a vehicle just six months ago? Yes. Did he have reason to fear for his life? Yes. “Does he have every right to safety while he's doing his job? Yes. “I want our law enforcement officers to do their jobs and come home safely to their family. If you don't like the immigration policy of the Trump administration, attack me. Leave our law enforcement alone. “And it's time for the press to finally tell the truth about this story.”