Kenneth Corey
Role at the time: Former chief of department, New York City Police Department, quoted by CNN as a policing expert
Challenged the characterization
Response to this claim
ICE said Clemente Lara-Hernandez weaponized his car and rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle during a targeted vehicle stop, and that an ICE officer discharged his weapon during the incident.
“He takes a little sideswipe damage, but he doesn’t ram his way out of that, by any means. ... If you’re saying that the officers are firing because the car was trying to run them over, then they’d be firing at the car as it was heading towards them, not speeding away from them”
Open source (opens in a new tab)An ICE officer fired at an SUV fleeing a car stop in Pennsylvania. That’s not how it should happen, policing experts say · CNNAccount of the Harrisburg stop; comments from Kenneth Corey and Rodney Harrison; DHS use-of-force policy
Why we used this label
The reference point is the officer's decision to fire. Corey disputes the description of the SUV as ramming and says the timing of the shot does not fit that account. CNN reported that he added it was unclear what the people in the vehicle were doing, and he does not say outright that the shot was unjustified, so challenging the characterization is the narrower label.