The family of Renee Good filed a lawsuit today (Thursday, Oct. 1) against the U.S. government and those enforcing Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to reports by The Associated Press and other outlets. “The time is absolutely now for accountability” after her killing in January by a federal agent in Minneapolis, they said in filing the suit.
Good’s partner, Becca Good, and her brother, Brent Ganger, accused the government and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot into her SUV and killed her, Jonathan Ross, of unjustified and excessive use of force. In their lawsuit, they call Good’s murder “the predictable and intended product” of the crackdown officials titled “Operation Metro Surge.”
The murders of Good, a 37-year-old mother, and nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis just weeks later, both of which were caught on video sparked outrage across the country and calls to rein inimmigration enforcement.
At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration officers during Trump’s second term.
“What happened to Rene was completely senseless,” Ganger said. “And the fact that there’s been no accountability, no investigation, no expression of condolence, no change in policy is completely mind blowing.”
— From Staff and Wire Reports