The early announcement of a joint probe of the ICE shooting , with aFBI and Minn state cops has been changed.
The FBI will conduct its own investigation.
This did NOT come from the FBI….
It came from the US Attorney’s office in Minnesota, a Trump political appointee….
The state probe could continue…
A ‘Wrongful Shooting’ Federal Civil case is a strongly possible by the estate of the single mother shot for the sake of her child…..
The ICE agent shooter HAS been identified….
There IS a report that same agent was involved in another vehicle incident a year ago…
In that one he WAS injured…..
A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions remained high, with dozens of protesters venting their outrage outside of a federal facility that’s serving as a hub for the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major city.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has not publicly identified the officer who shot Good. But she spoke of an incident last June in which the same officer was injured when he was dragged by another driver’s fleeing vehicle. A Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed Noem was referring to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Court records from that case identify the officer who was dragged and injured as Jonathan Ross.
Court documents say Ross got his arm stuck in a vehicle’s window as a driver fled arrest in Bloomington, Minnesota. The officer was dragged 100 yards (91 meters) and cuts to his arm required 50 stitches.
The Associated Press wasn’t immediately able to locate a phone number or address for Ross, and ICE no longer has a union that might comment on his behalf….
More Updates…
- Renee Good: She was a U.S. citizen born in Colorado and appears to have never been charged with anything beyond a traffic ticket. In social media accounts, Macklin Good described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom.” Public records show she had recently lived in Kansas City, Missouri, where she and another woman with the same home address had started a business last year called B. Good Handywork. Trump administration officials painted Good as a domestic terrorist who had attempted to ram federal agents with her car.
- Who will investigate? The Minnesota agency that investigates officer-involved shootings said it was informed Thursday that the FBI and U.S. Justice Department would not work with the agency, effectively ending any role for the state to determine if crimes were committed. Noem said the state has no jurisdiction. Gov. Tim Walz pushed back against the Trump administration’s decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands, emphasizing that it would be “very, very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation that excludes the state could be fair. Mary Moriarty, the prosecutor in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, said her office is “exploring all options” to determine if a state investigation can proceed.
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Walz authorizes Minnesota National Guard to get ready to deploy
Gov. Tim Walz authorized the Guard to get staged and ready to support local and state law enforcement to protect critical infrastructure and maintain public safety, should that become necessary. He signed the orders a day after directing the Guard to start making initial preparations.
In a statement, Walz noted that thousands of people had taken part in peaceful protests and added, “We have every reason to believe that peace will hold.”
The statement also said the Minnesota State Patrol has mobilized 85 state troopers to help support law enforcement efforts in the Twin Cities.
President Donald Trump and other Republicans have been critical of Walz’s handling of the sometimes violent unrest following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, saying Walz should have deployed the National Guard sooner. Walz’s defenders have said he did an exemplary job under unprecedented circumstances.
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