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A newly released cellphone video from the ICE agent involved in the Minneapolis shooting gives Americans a view the left-wing press tried to bury — and Vice President J.D. Vance was right to insist on full transparency. The footage, which shows the agent approaching the vehicle and the tense moments that followed before shots were fired, was posted and pushed by conservative outlets and shared by Vance as proof the agent faced a legitimate threat. The release of this perspective matters because it cuts through the instant-media narrative that so often rushes to paint law enforcement as the villain.
Viewed directly, the clip shows the agent, later identified as Jonathan Ross, walking around the maroon SUV while the driver, Renee Nicole Good, speaks calmly and her passenger records with a phone. The video captures the agent circling to the rear of the vehicle, the passenger taunting him, and then the SUV lunging forward as three shots ring out and the car ultimately crashes. Those are not partisan talking points — they are facts caught on camera that demand sober analysis, not reflexive outrage.
Department of Homeland Security officials have said the newly surfaced footage corroborates their account that the agent’s life was endangered and that he fired in self-defense during what DHS calls an attempt by the driver to weaponize her vehicle. Federal spokespeople insist the video aligns with their initial statements and undercuts the rush to judgment from city officials and national anchors. If Americans want the truth, they have to insist evidence speak louder than partisan headlines.
Unsurprisingly, Minneapolis politicians and some local activists immediately questioned the federal narrative, demanded independent state reviews, and leaned into emotional protests rather than waiting for facts. That reaction is politically useful for the left, but it risks politicizing a complex and tragic scene before investigations conclude. Responsible conservatives can mourn the loss of life while still defending the right of federal agents to protect themselves when confronted with danger on the street.
Vice President Vance did the job pundits should do and put the footage in front of the public, reminding Americans that law enforcement officers deserve due process and the presumption that they were doing their duty until proven otherwise. He was pilloried by the usual suspects for daring to show evidence that complicates the preferred narrative of the anti-law-enforcement media. Vance’s actions weren’t politics as usual — they were a demand for truth and accountability in a culture that too often rewards hysteria over sober fact-finding.
Let’s be clear: this is not a call to close off scrutiny or to rubber-stamp every use of force. It is a call to stop letting partisan outrage and shallow media cycles shape our judgments before investigations are complete. Conservatives must argue forcefully for both law and order and for transparency; defending the men and women who put themselves between danger and our communities is not reflexive militarism, it is common-sense patriotism.
The video proves why Americans should distrust the narrative-first, evidence-later approach of so much of modern journalism and local politics. Demand a full, independent investigation, support accountability where wrongdoing is proven, and stand behind the principle that officers facing immediate threats have a right to respond — a position Vice President Vance rightly advanced when he exposed this footage to the nation.
