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boudinMan Nope. Officer Jonathan Ross violated DoJ guidelines and his own agency's handbook
There is a law enforcement pattern known as "officer created jeopardy," which is way too common in vehicle stops. It involves an officer intentionally stepping in front of a moving vehicle to create an
excuse for deadly force. It's been affirmed as a defense for drivers in SCOTUS Barnes v. Felix 2025.
This pattern is why the DoJ's own use-of-force policy says that agents may not fire at a moving car that is threatening them unless
“no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle.”In this case, Officer Jonathan Ross
first stepped out of the path of the moving vehicle -- the EXACT means of defense the DoJ cites -- and
then, after defending himself, fired three shots as the vehicle was passing by.
Ross was SAFE. He shot a fleeing "suspect." That's in direct contravention of ICE rules, not to mention common sense.
Here's the 110 page ICE Firearms and Use of Force Handbook
https://imlive.s3.amazonaws.com/Federal%20Government/ID255426897069329047495080324203699905714/2.2.1_Attachment%2021%20-%20ICE%20Firearms%20and%20Use%20of%20Force%20Directive%20and%20Handbook.pdf
Page 12 includes the following:
4) Deadly force is not authorized solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. Deadly force against a fleeing subject is only authorized if there is probable cause to believe that the escape of the suspect would pose an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another person.
