(AURN News) — The family of Renee Good has filed two lawsuits against the U.S. government and federal immigration officials over her fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this year.
“What happened to Renee was completely senseless,” said Brent Ganger, Good’s brother, at a news conference announcing the lawsuits. “And the fact that there’s been no accountability, no investigation, no expression of condolence, no change in policy is completely mind blowing.”
Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 during Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Federal officials said the officer acted in self-defense and that Good had engaged in “an act of domestic terrorism.”
Bystander video analyzed by The Associated Press shows Good turning her car away from the officer as he fired, while the lawsuits allege the shooting was unjustified.
Good and her partner were observing the immigration enforcement operation after dropping their son off at school, according to the family’s account.
The two lawsuits accuse the federal government, ICE officer Jonathan Ross and senior Trump administration officials, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, of wrongful death, conspiracy to violate civil rights and other violations.
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