Cynthia Santiago
Role at the time: Attorney for Carlos Jimenez
Condemned
Statement summary
Santiago argued that Jimenez was trying to leave a frightening encounter and that the agents’ approach and use of deadly force were unjustified.
“Then there was a shot from the side, back passenger window, to the car. Use of deadly force is to be used as a last resort. Coming out to communities with guns drawn is the opposite.”
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She explicitly contrasts the shooting with the last-resort standard for deadly force and criticizes the agents’ armed approach.