Re: ICE murdered a US citizen in MN
PitDAWG
01/14/26 03:30 PM
DOJ sees no basis for civil rights investigation following ICE shooting in Minneapolis, official says
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly not investigating the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration officer as a civil rights case.
“There is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN Tuesday. The Hill has reached out to the DOJ for comment.
Good, 37, was shot and killed last Wednesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. The shooting sparked protests against the Trump administration’s widespread immigration crackdown.
The administration has defended Ross, arguing he acted in self-defense and Good obstructed federal law enforcement operations and weaponized her vehicle against officers in an act of “domestic terrorism.”
Federal investigators have also restricted local authorities’ access to materials and evidence, over the objections of city and state officials. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Superintendent Drew Evans wrote last Thursday that his agency has “reluctantly withdrawn” from the investigation after the FBI informed it of the decision.“We expect the FBI to conduct a thorough and complete investigation and that the full investigative file will be shared with the appropriate prosecutorial authorities at both the state and federal levels,” Evans added.
A day later, Evans wrote the BCA “remains open to conducting a full investigation” into the incident if the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota and the FBI “express a willingness to resume a joint investigation” or to share the evidence.
But earlier Tuesday, six federal prosecutors in the state — including Joseph H. Thompson, the first assistant U.S. attorney — resigned, with The New York Times reporting their departures stemmed from the DOJ’s attempts to investigate Good’s widow’s instead of Ross. Thompson was the lead prosecutor on the DOJ’s probe into fraud within Minnesota’s social services program. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Tuesday his resignation is “a huge loss for our state” and the “latest sign [President] Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5687963-doj-not-investigating-renee-good-shooting/I heard Lindsey Halligan is available.
