“You should all be ashamed of yourselves,” Vice President JD Vance told media Friday, pointing to new viral video purportedly showing the perspective of the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agent’s perspective when he shot and killed a Minnesota protester driving her vehicle toward him on Wednesday.
“What the press has done in lying about this innocent law enforcement officer is disgusting. You should all be ashamed of yourselves,” Vance wrote in a social media post sharing video posted by Alpha News video earlier in the day.
In its post of the video, Alpha News reports that it “has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis.”
“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,” VP Vance explained in a separate post sharing the same video debunking the legacy media’s narrative vilifying the ICE agent.
BREAKING: Alpha News has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/p2wks0zew0
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) January 9, 2026
The characterization of the shooting represents an all-time low in media dishonesty and false propaganda, Vance wrote in his first post regarding the video, in which he lays out the facts regarding the tragic incident and the ICE officer involved in it:
“If you want to say this woman's death is a tragedy, that we should pray for her soul as Christians and Americans, then I agree with you.
“But the media dishonesty about this officer is an all-time moment in shameless press propaganda. Does this law enforcement officer have a family? Yes. Did he he (sic) get seriously injured by a vehicle just six months ago? Yes. Did he have reason to fear for his life? Yes.
“Does he have every right to safety while he's doing his job? Yes.
“I want our law enforcement officers to do their jobs and come home safely to their family. If you don't like the immigration policy of the Trump administration, attack me. Leave our law enforcement alone.
“And it's time for the press to finally tell the truth about this story.”
