Just the opposite.
Officer Jonathan Ross released his own video from his phone. This is proof that his attention was on the video he was making rather than on the vehicle he walked in front of. Making videos with your own phone is NOT part of the job description of an ICE agent.
Officer Jonathan Ross didn't begin firing his weapon at Renee Nicole Good until he was out of the path of the vehicle. He shot a fleeing "suspect." This is against ICE rules and policy. 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.
Also, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance—specifically, 2014 ICE/Border Patrol use-of-force policies—
“It should be recognized that a half-ounce (200-grain) bullet is unlikely to stop a 4,000-pound moving vehicle, and if the driver … is disabled by a bullet, the vehicle will become a totally unguided threat,” it says. “Obviously, shooting at a moving vehicle can pose a risk to bystanders including other agents.”
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-killings-20140227-story.html What Officer Jonathan Ross did while filming his video is an example of 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 stepped out of the path of the moving vehicle -- the EXACT means of defense the DoJ cites -- and after defending himself, fired three shots as the vehicle was passing by.
