Renee Goods family sues US government, immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Good’s family sued the US government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis.The two lawsuits were filed by Good’s partner, Becca Good, and Renee’s brother Brent Ganger.One lawsuit, filed against “the United States of America,” alleges the wrongful death of Renee Good under Minnesota law predicated on claims of battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence that caused her death.The other lawsuit alleges a conspiracy to interfere with civil rights.It names as defendants: Jonathan Ross, the immigration officer who shot her; White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller; former Homeland Security head Kristi Noem; former US Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s campaign manager, and others.Renee Good, a mother of three, was fatally shot Jan.
7 as protests against immigration raids flared across the city.According to Becca Good, her partner stopped their car in a street to support neighbors during an immigration operation.Bystander video shows Renee Good in the driver’s seat of a red SUV blocking part of the road and repeatedly honking her horn.Two immigration officers get out of a truck, their faces covered, and one orders Good to get out of the car.
She reverses briefly, then turns the steering wheel as the officer says again, “get out of the car.”Almost simultaneously, Becca Good, standing in the street, shouts: “Drive, baby, drive!”One officer standing in front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and fires into the windshield.He lurches back as the car turns away from him.
The officer, who is now very close to the open window on the driver’s side, opens fire two more times, fatally shooting Renee Good, according to an analysis of the videos by The A...