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Renee Good’s family accuses federal immigration officials of killing minneapolis The mother tried to follow the agents’ instructions and said Wednesday they had hired the same law firm that represented her george floyd The family is demanding answers and accountability.
Her relatives said in a statement that they wanted Goode, 37, to be remembered as a “peacemaker,” and urged the public not to make her death a political flashpoint, according to Chicago-based firm Romanucci & Blandin. The company said it will release information about the investigation in the coming weeks.
That same week, the family decided to hire a law firm. Ministry of Justice said it believed there was no basis for a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting. The FBI investigation into the death of Renee Goode is ongoing.
The Trump administration has defended the ICE officer’s actions, saying he stood in front of Goode’s vehicle as it began to move forward and fired in self-defense. But that explanation was widely criticized by the mayor of Minneapolis Jacob FreyGovernor of Minnesota. Tim Waltz and other content based on confrontational videos.
About a half-dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned this week, and several heads of the criminal division of Washington’s civil rights division also gave notice, according to people familiar with the matter.
Romanucci and Blandin said Goode’s family wants answers about the federal operation in the neighborhood where Goode was killed on Jan. 7, as well as police actions during the confrontation and delays in medical assistance after the shooting. The identity of the fired ICE agent has not been made public.
Goode’s partner, Becca Goode, and other relatives said the couple had just dropped off their 6-year-old child at school and stopped to observe law enforcement activity when police approached them, according to the law firm. Attorneys said it appeared Goode backed up and swerved the vehicle away from the agents before the shooting, but investigators have not released an official release.
“What happened to Renee was wrong,” the company said, adding that they intend to share the findings “on a rolling basis” because they believe the community is not receiving enough information elsewhere. The firm helped Floyd’s family obtain a $27 million settlement and now represents the parents and siblings of Becca Goode and Renee Goode.
Becca Goode said in a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday that the couple stopped to support their neighbors: “We have whistles. They have guns.” Becca Goode and her family have not returned calls and messages from The Associated Press. Her earlier statement did not provide further details about the day of the shooting but focused on remembering her wife.