This is an awesome synopsis of the incident....
Whether the driver intended to run down the officer is irrelevant.
What matters is that she was in control of a 4,000-pound vehicle (a vehicle can instantly become a lethal weapon)
After being ordered out of the vehicle by law enforcement, she refused to comply and instead attempted to flee.
In doing so, she accelerated.
Directly in front of her vehicle was an ICE agent.
He had no way of knowing whether she intended to strike him or whether she simply failed to turn in time. But intent is not something an officer can safely assume in a split second.
What he did know was that a 4,000 ton vehicle was accelerating straight toward him. He knows the driver was just moments before ordered to exit the vehicle and had already made clear she had no intent to comply or respect law enforcement. Video footage appears to show the car at least brushing his left leg as it accelerates.
He had only a moment to react to what, from his perspective, was an imminent threat to his life.
To label that response “murder” is reckless and dangerous. The rhetoric from Jacob Frey and others is incendiary rhetoric that jumps to massive conclusions for the sole purpose of inciting violence.
Blaming the ICE agent ignores the basic realities of use of force laws and likely won't have much standing in court