Stepping aside is also their formal instructions based on their policy, which this individual would have known about as, supposedly, they are part of a longer standing division of this department, specifically meant for aggressive engagements.
Additionally, it may have recently been found that back in 2012 a report was created of maybe 60+ incidents of Customs and Border agents placing themselves in front of moving vehicles in order to create the circumstances to justify the use of force. This supposedly was when the policy was changed and officers were instructed on being officially forbidden from moving themselves in front of a moving vehicle, and from using force to stop a vehicle if the option to move out of the way exists.
I’ll start going back to find sources and update with them, anyone feel free to post them as well if you find what I’m referencing.
Edit:
First written piece describing what I heard about.
Apologies. This doesn’t contain the report itself. One moment. Supposed leaked report, listing 67 shooting incidents from January 2010 to October 2012.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-killings-20140227-story.html#axzz2uY0W5Do8
Links to the report seem to reach dead pages now.
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2013/OIG_13-114_Sep13.pdf
There seems to be a copy here, I’m currently reviewing it myself. Supposedly, with redactions, possibly of substantive amounts to have caused additional requests for data; if it is the redacted copy originally sent out but which withheld useful data.
ACLU discussing the same report.
Supposed Archive of the report in question.
https://archive.org/stream/798751-oig-use-of-force-report/798751-oig-use-of-force-report_djvu.txt
Hello. Sorry, I couldn’t find an immediate source when I did a web search with the text you quoted. Do you have a source for it you could share, or recall when you saw it?
Thanks!