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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-agents-sworn-testimony-contradicts-claims-ices-jonathan-ross-made-under-oath/

Court records obtained by Wired show that an FBI agent's testimony contradicted claims Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good, made under oath in December; the testimony also raises questions about Ross following his training. [/quote]

“Typically, when we conduct traffic stops, it's in a supportive role. So if a local marked unit or a federal partner is executing a traffic stop, we typically find ourselves near the rear of the vehicle,” Medellin testified. “If we are to have agents near the front of the vehicle or near the driver's side door, passenger side door, we train to place ourselves in a position where we minimize the chance that we will be hit by the vehicle or run over by the vehicle or potentially taken away by the vehicle if it decides to—to leave or flee.”

While agents placing themselves near the front of a vehicle seems to run counter to FBI training, a 2013 independent review of Customs and Border Protection’s use of force policies, as well as more than a dozen cases in which shots were fired at vehicles, reportedly found an apparent pattern of Border Patrol agents intentionally staking out ground in front of vehicles to justify the use of deadly force. Of the cases reviewed, the independent agency found most cases “involved non-violent suspects who posed no threat other than a moving vehicle,” and concluded that “there is little doubt that the safest course for an agent faced with an oncoming vehicle is to get out of the way of the vehicle.”

Ross testified that he was a member of Border Patrol from 2007 to 2015. According to his own sworn testimony in December, Ross has also acted as a firearms instructor for ICE, as well as a member of a Special Response Team—ICE’s version of a SWAT team—and a leader of teams drawn from multiple federal agencies including the FBI.

According to Medellin’s December testimony, the plan, which was originated by Ross as team lead, was to just interview Muñoz-Guatemala; but because Ross exited his vehicle and soon drew his gun, Medellin told the court that he, too, unholstered his weapon to “provide coverage with lethal force.” The incident escalated as soon as Ross approached the vehicle, Medellin testified, because he believed Ross “had seen something that made him very uncomfortable and I wanted to be in a good position to support him.” Ross ultimately approached to break the window and got his arm stuck between the car’s B pillar and the headrest.[/quote]
The fact that no other agents thought Good was a threat, proven by the facts that no other weapons were drawn and that the rest of the agents we milling around, is yet another proof point that Ross wasn’t in danger. [/quote]

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