Minneapolis mayor disputes claim ICE agent was 'run over' after watching new cellphone video

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the newly surfaced cellphone footage of the shooting that killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good did not change his view of the event.

Alpha News first obtained the clip showing a tense exchange between the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and Renee just before federal officers opened fire, but Frey said the footage raised more questions than answers.

What did Jacob Frey say about the new footage?

According to a report that aired on Friday, January 9, ABC's 'World News Tonight' correspondent Whit Johnson showed the video to Frey.

The mayor simply said, "He walked away with a hop in his step from the incident. There's another person that's dead. He held on his cellphone. I think that speaks for itself."

Johnson further asked, "Does that video, that angle change your perspective at all about what may have happened?"

Frey said an investigation might change or confirm his perspective. "I think an investigation could change or affirm my perspective. But we've [all got] two eyes, and I can see a person that is trying to leave. I can see an ICE agent that was not run over by a car. That didn't happen," the Democrat responded.

What did the new video from the ICE agent's perspective reveal?

The fatal shooting has split the nation along partisan lines, with the Trump administration saying Renee tried to ram her vehicle into an ICE agent, while critics argue she was turning away and the agent used excessive force.

New footage shows the ICE agent walking up to Good’s SUV as she tells him, “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Her wife, Becca Good, stands nearby and taunts the officer, saying, “You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy. Go ahead.”

Another agent repeatedly tells Renee to get out of the car. As Renee’s wife leans into the passenger door, Renee reverses briefly and then moves forward with her wife urging, “Drive, baby. Drive.” As the SUV advances, the agent can be heard saying, “Whoa,” before gunshots ring out, and someone is later heard saying, “F***ing b***h.” The vehicle then veers away and crashes into a parked car.

Jacob Frey previously rejected Trump’s claims about the ICE agent

Earlier, Frey rejected the Trump administration’s claim that the ICE agent acted in self-defense, calling the explanation “bulls**t” after reviewing video of the incident. He told ICE agents to “get the f**king out of Minneapolis,” arguing their presence was causing harm and chaos in the city.

Frey also stated, "This is not a time to hide from the facts. The fact that Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice and this presidential administration have already come to a conclusion about those facts is deeply concerning, if you got nothing to hide from, then don't hide from it. Include local experts in the process." 

He argued, "There are laws that are around this... they should have no concern about having a full and transparent investigation here.”

He also slammed JD Vance, saying, "He [Vance] also asserted that because you work at the federal government, that you somehow have absolute immunity from committing crimes. That's not true in any law school in America, whether it's Yale or Villanova or anywhere else."