Good used her car to drive at a law enforcement officer with the audible of her wife saying “drive baby, drive!” and Pretti brought a gun to a protest days after he personally assaulted an ICE vehicle.
How were they NOT threats based on these facts?
Those aren't facts, they are your opinion.
Empirical data contained in the videos show that:
#1 Good did not use her car to "drive at law enforcement", video from the rear and Officer Ross's own video - showed that she had hard cranked the wheels to exit the area not "drive at" law enforcement.
#2 That Good was shot in the head by Officer Ross through the driver side window meaning that for the 2nd & 3rd shots he was beside the vehicle not in front of it.
#3 Good parked perpendicular and I don't excuse that. However the street was one-way, had 3 lanes for traffic, and additional parking space allong the sides. While her parking was a local traffic violation (outside the jurisdiction of Federal DHS Agents), it was not obstruction as the videos show there was plenty of room to simply drive around her vehicle. As a matter of fact Officer Ross did just that, driving around her vehicle, then stopping on the other side, exiting his vehicle, then engaging with her.
#4 Pretti was licensed to CC carry, it is not illegal to carry at a protest. The ability to protest is proteected by the 1st Amendment and to legally carry a firearm under the 2nd Amendment.
#5 During the entire time video shows that Pretti NEVER reached for, brandished, or displayed his weapon. The entire time it remained on his back waste band holster. It was discovered by law enforcemnet only AFTER they choose to engage him, OC spray him, and take him to the ground with 4-5 officer scrum. Empirical data shows that the officer that fired the first shot into Pretti's back watched the officer remove the firearm and exit the scrum. Red arrow is the first officer to fire, blue arrow is the officer that removed the firearm from the holster and exited the scrum.
#6 Video shows that entire time, Pretti had his cell phone in his hand.
#7 Video shows that Pretti did not assault DHS Agents, it was the agents that initiated violence.
#8 I'm listing it here, but this is just my opinion. I BELIEVE that the officer in the black mask fired the first shot. Video shows his arm recoiling slightly at the time the shot was fired and video from another persective shows - IMHO - that Pretti's gun didn't discharge because of the way the blue arrow officer reacted. This opinion is subject to change if we get a ballistics report on Pretti's firearm, the case matching the discharge recovered and matched, and a crime scene photo showing the divot/damage to the road surface.
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