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Renee Good's family is suing the Trump administration over her fatal shooting by ICE agents during protests against mass immigration sweeps in Minneapolis, marking one of the first major civil actions against the government's deportation policies.
Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by ICE agents during protests against a mass immigration sweep in the city of Minneapolis. The family of Renee Good is suing the Trump administration over her fatal shooting at the hands of an immigration agent.
Ms Good was one of two people shot dead during a mass immigration sweep in the US city of Minneapolis, that intensified opposition to Donald Trump's migration policies. The family of Renee Good, one of two US citizens fatally shot by US immigration agents in Minneapolis in January, is suing US President Donald Trump's administration over her killing during deportation sweeps.
Ms Good, 37, was shot dead in her car by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on January 7, when she and her wife joined one of the city's daily protests against masked and armed federal agents deployed to Minnesota to arrest migrants for deportation. The two lawsuits say Trump administration officials were negligent and violated the civil rights of Ms Good and others in Minneapolis, demanding a jury trial and damages.
They are among the first major civil actions taken against Mr Trump's government for his unprecedented deportation sweeps in Minneapolis last winter, dubbed Operation Metro Surge. Ms Good's killing intensified the backlash in Minnesota and beyond against the sweeps, involving thousands of immigration agents deployed to street patrols in Minnesota.
Days after Ms Good's death, an ICE agent shot and wounded Julio Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan delivery driver, in the leg, and two weeks later immigration agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, an American nurse working for the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Reuters: Alpha NewsThe US Supreme Court is set to also rule on whether to continue to allow the Trump administration to deny detained non-citizens the chance to seek bond.
Senior Trump administration officials initially branded Ms Good a "domestic terrorist" and the US Department of Justice stopped its federal prosecutors in Minneapolis from investigating the agents involved in her killing, prompting at least half a dozen of those prosecutors to resign in protest. Ms Good's killing was captured on widely viewed videos that showed the ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, approaching Ms Good in her car, which was parked to partly block the road.
Mr Ross circled her car on foot, recording on his mobile. In her last words, Ms Good can be seen on video saying to Mr Ross: "That's fine, dude, I'm not mad at you.
" The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti intensified protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns. Moments later, another ICE agent approached the car and told Ms Good to get out. She can be seen reversing briefly, then putting the car into forward gear and turning the steering wheel to her right, apparently trying to drive away. As the car moves forward, Mr Ross, who at that point had returned to the front left of her car, shouts "Whoa!
" and shoots into the car, hitting Ms Good three times: in the head, in her arm and in her torso. A Hennepin County investigation into the agents's conduct has been slowed because the Justice Department withdrew its usual cooperation and evidence-sharing with local law enforcement agencies. Minnesota has sued the Trump administration to gain access to the evidence it gathered at the shooting scenes.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and related agencies, has defended the conduct of Ross and other immigration officers as justified uses of force in dangerous situations.
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