Family and Partner of Renee Good Sue US Government and Trump Over Minneapolis ICE Shooting
The family and partner of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, filed lawsuits on Wednesday against the federal government and President Trump, seeking damages. Good was killed on January 7 during a Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota known as "Operation Metro Surge."
One of the legal actions names former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, other Trump administration officials, and the officers involved in the shooting. According to that lawsuit, the operation was "designed to be a violent and discriminatory campaign targeted at Minnesotans on the basis of race and national origin." The lawyers representing Good's family added, "Renee was one of those casualties."
The second lawsuit lists the "United States of America" as the defendant, a move that permits Good's next of kin to pursue a personal injury claim against the federal government. This complaint references the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, who classified Good's death as a homicide after a private autopsy and their office identified "three clear gunshot wound paths" on her body.
Lawyers for Good's partner, Becca Good, argued that "each of Ross's three shots was fired in violation" of DHS mandatory policy, which allows officers to use force only when "no reasonably effective, safe, and feasible alternative appears to exist."
Bystander video captured an officer approaching an SUV that was stopped in the middle of the road, demanding that Good open the door before grabbing the vehicle's handle. Good's vehicle then began to move forward, and a different ICE officer standing in front of the car drew his weapon and fired multiple shots at close range into the vehicle, jumping back as it advanced. The SUV subsequently struck two parked cars on a nearby curb before coming to a stop.
The lawsuit alleges that Jonathan Ross, the officer who shot and killed Good, also shouted obscenities at her as she pulled forward, yelling "f- – -ing b- – – -." Video appeared to show Good's neighbor, a doctor, being instructed to step back after he twice offered medical assistance.
Good's death, along with a separate shooting a week later in Minneapolis in which 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed by an ICE officer, triggered widespread and intense protests throughout the state.
ICE and DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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