Moxie dear, sorry. I watched a lot of different videos myself, from different angles. Anyone can do that, possibly a lot of journalists did. One thing becomes clear: the woman shot accelerated her car while the officer was standing in front of it. This is undisputable. There is no nuance to this.
Mrzz, my dear, I don't think you watched the video & narration I posted. I also don't think what you say above is "indisputable," and that there is no "nuance."
The woman was approached by officer A, at the driver's side window, yelled at, then he reached into her car. At the same time, this was being filmed by officer B, from right rear side of her car. He walked along the right side of her car, around the front, and ended up at off the left front of her car. He was not smack in front of her car, you have to admit that. She then reversed the car and turned the wheels to the right, as if to pull away. It would be understandable if she were trying to get away from the officer who is yelling at her and reaching at her, that being officer A, and actually fully preoccupied with him. It's possible she did not see officer B. When she pulled forward, with some speed for sure, Officer B drew his gun. It is difficult to see the timing of when he fired the first shot, and when she hit him, but you have to admit it was a pretty glancing blow, as he was clearly unharmed, you see later in the videos. He might have been able to step back and avoid it, if he hadn't been so intent on shooting at her. He was also close enough to not have aimed at her head.
You see Officer B walk to her car, after it crashed, then walk back towards the other officers, with no hurry, and say calmly, "call 911." You can see he is unharmed.
I have also heard in 2 other reports that she had just come from dropping off her 6-year-old. It is possible that she simply found herself on that street, and had nothing to do with the protesters/observers. In the beginning of the first video that I posted, you can see that she initially seemed to be attempting a left turn, as if deciding to get out of the middle of this mess. She seems to be signaling a left turn, with wheels turned left, and is waiting for passing traffic, when she is yelled at by Officer A, and stopped.
So, there is nuance here. And yes, in any case, it definitely seems like excessive force, to me. The woman is dead. And no matter how fast she may have been trying to get away from that cop, A, there is only so much speed you can get from a dead stop, and Officer B was right at her front left fender, so she wouldn't have hit him with much force, and clearly didn't.
Now, would the world be better if the agent had not fired his weapon? For sure it would be. What I would I do in his shoes? I do not know. He had his gun pointed to the inside of the vehicle before he was struck by it (that the car hit the agent is also clear to see in different angles, contrary to what CNN, the fact checker of the world, says).
Should the agents have approached the whole situation differently? I would guess so. But we do not know the context. We do not know what this person did before that. She was deliberately obstructing the street with her vehicle. She was confrontational. People and press can say whatever they want about her, that she was lovely, that she was a poet, bla bla bla. What is registered in video is that she deliberately seek for confrontation, and that she drove her car into a person. She was, in that occasion, being violent. There is zero doubt about that.
Unfortunately, now my point in the discussion we had about a previous video, were agents tell those two teenagers (or teenage minded people) that the next time they would force they out of their car becomes clear: The present outcome is what those guys were preventing.
And from now on here we go again with the narratives thing. Most people will adhere to a "narrative" without even looking at the videos. I bet most people are forming their opinion just looking at the more popular one, in which you cannot barely see the agent that fired the shot. People probably think that the agent who tried to opened the door is the one who shot. Again, journalists and politicians know better, but they stick to their "narratives" anyway.
So, instead of this preventable death leading to meaningful discussions, like what should be the agents conduct, and should civilians organize to disrupt federal agencies enforcing the law, the conversation will orbit around the "narratives", which is exactly what the video you posted does.
Again, when the underlying issues (in this case, immigration) are not settled, violent outcomes are the most likely consequence. The US chose to live in this schizophrenic relation with the immigration issue. Now it is paying the price.
I do agree that most people, and certainly Noem, Vance and Trump are sticking with their narratives, even before they know the full story. They are also trying to keep local law enforcement from the investigation, which is not normal in the case of homicide, it has been widely explained.
