Carlos Jimenez
Role at the time: Person shot by an ICE agent
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
Jimenez said he was backing away when the ICE agent shot him.
““It was as he was backing up that he was shot,” Jimenez said.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)U.S. Attorney’s Office Disposed Toward Dismissing Charges Against Ontario Man Shot By ICE AgentParagraphs recounting Jimenez’s hearing testimony and Greg Jackson’s response to dismissal
The article recounts competing accounts of the shooting and reports that federal prosecutors agreed to dismiss the criminal case with prejudice.
Why we used this label
His account directly challenges the characterization that he drove at the agent in a way that justified deadly force.