‘What training permits officers to hold gun in one hand, phone in other?’ experts ask as new video of Minneapolis shooting surfaces

At the same time, Good’s partner was also recording the encounter and can be seen walking around the vehicle and approaching the officer. A series of exchanges occurred:“That’s fine, I’m not mad at you,” Good says as the officer passes by her door. She has one hand on the steering wheel and the other outside the open driver side window.“U.S. citizen, former f—ing veteran,” says her wife, standing outside the passenger side of the SUV holding up her phone.

“You wanna come at us, you wanna come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”Other officers are approaching the driver’s side of the car at about the same time and one says: “Get out of the car, get out of the f—ing car.” Ross is now at the front driver side of the vehicle. Good reverses briefly, then turns the steering wheel toward the passenger side as she drives ahead and Ross opens fire.

The camera becomes unsteady and points toward the sky and then returns to the street view showing Good’s SUV careening away.“F—ing b—,” someone at the scene says. A crashing sound is heard as Good’s vehicle smashes into others parked on the street.

Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn't hit by a car, wasn't being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman.

The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense. https://t.co/IfXAAxi9Ql

— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 9, 2026

‘Acted in self-defence’

While the DHS, Vance, and others shared the video to back their contention that the officer fired in self-defence, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has said any such argument is “garbage.”

‘Officer was casually filming’

Policing experts who spoke to The Associated Press also said the video didn’t change their thoughts on the use-of-force but did raise additional questions about the officer’s training.

“Now that we can see he’s holding a gun in one hand and a cellphone in the other, filming, I want to see the officer training that permits that,” Geoff Alpert, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina, told The Associated Press.

The video demonstrates that the officers didn’t perceive Good to be a threat, said John P. Gross, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School who has written extensively about officers shooting at moving vehicles.

“If you are an officer who views this woman as a threat, you don’t have one hand on a cellphone. You don’t walk around this supposed weapon, casually filming,” Gross said.