Trump: I guess Renee Good was a “strong, great individual” beneath “regular circumstances,” however “her actions had been fairly powerful”

President Trump informed CBS Information he believes the girl who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent final week was possible a “very, strong great individual,” however that her actions earlier than she was killed had been “fairly powerful.”

Mr. Trump spoke with “CBS Night Information” anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan on Tuesday, lower than per week after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot in Minneapolis whereas behind the wheel of her SUV.

Dokoupil requested if the president had a message for Good’s father, Timothy Ganger, a Trump supporter who spoke with Dokoupil final week and described his daughter as a heat and witty one that wrote poetry and taught English. Ganger informed CBS Information he is heartbroken that the Trump administration rapidly known as Good “a home terrorist.”

Mr. Trump mentioned: “I might guess you that she, beneath regular circumstances, was a really strong, great individual. However, you realize, her actions had been fairly powerful.”

He defended ICE, which has surged brokers to the Minneapolis space as a part of the administration’s sweeping deportation marketing campaign. The president mentioned ICE is “working very laborious” to arrest and deport individuals, however “their job is being made very, very tough.”

The Trump administration has claimed the ICE agent acted in self-defense and accused Good of making an attempt to ram the agent along with her SUV. Mr. Trump had beforehand alleged Good was “very disorderly, obstructing and resisting.” However native officers have blasted ICE and known as the capturing unjustified, and a few regulation enforcement specialists have criticized the agent for positioning himself in entrance of her car.

Late final week, the Trump administration shared a cellphone video taken by the ICE officer who shot Good, exhibiting the incident from his perspective. The agent seems to method Good’s SUV and transfer to the entrance of the automobile, after which the video jerks away because the car begins to maneuver. Pictures can then be heard.

Mr. Trump mentioned of the movies from the scene: “Once you have a look at that tape, it— it may be considered two methods, I assume. However once you have a look at the best way … that automobile was pulled away, there are a pair variations of that tape which can be very, very unhealthy.”