All posts tagged "Renee Nicole Good"

WASHINGTON — Some Americans digging out from ferocious winter storms are more concerned about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents abusing power than with their own plight, a senior member of Congress said.

“In my district, you know, we had a bad ice storm,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) told Raw Story on the Capitol steps on a sunny if frigid Tuesday.

“As I talk to local officials about getting the utilities back on and making sure there's warming centers available and all that, in the midst of that, they talk about ICE. ‘What y'all gonna do about ICE?’” ...

Lawyers speaking to Raw Story said justice could still prevail in the cases of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the two people shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis this month, despite the Trump administration’s refusal to cooperate with state investigations.

Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer as she drove her car on Jan. 7.

Pretti, also 37 and an intensive care nurse, was killed on Jan. 24, when agents used pepper spray, beat him, shoved him to the ground, disarmed him, then fired at least 10 shots....

President Donald Trump admitted for the first time Tuesday that he has concerns over the public perception of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Trump, who gave a marathon speech at the White House press briefing room to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration, seemed to signal he was troubled after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot dead 37-year-old mother Renee Good in her car earlier this month in Minneapolis, sparking outrage and protest throughout the Twin Cities as ICE continues its aggressive operations. Trump spent much of his time at the podium talking about immigration and sharing a slideshow of placards of alleged suspects wanted by ICE.

David Chalian, CNN Washington bureau chief, revealed on a panel with CNN anchor Jake Tapper why this was a significant moment and reaction to hear from the president. ...

Two top Trump administration officials could be forced to testify after an ICE agent killed 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, according to reports Friday.

Senate Homeland Security Committee Democrats were urging Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House border czar Tom Homan to testify before the committee, CBS reported.

In a letter Thursday, Democratic lawmakers on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called on Rand to consider holding hearings and even issuing potential subpoenas, alleging that the Department of Homeland Security has "completely neglected its responsibility to fairly and transparently investigate these federal agents’ actions. We urge you to conduct needed oversight of the Department."...

Vice President JD Vance's statement about why ICE agent Jonathan Ross fired three fatal shots, killing mother-of-three Renee Good in Minneapolis, was "utterly ignorant" and could be problematic, a legal analyst said Thursday.

Former federal prosecutor Shanlon Wu described why the agent's "objectively reasonable" argument might not hold up after Vance's comments in the wake of Good's killing and his argument that Ross had survived getting dragged by a vehicle — something he testified to and was widely reported.

"Vance is kind of clumsily flagging for everybody that this might make it a bad shooting because the guy's not actually reacting to what's in front of him but reacting to something that happened in the past," Wu explained. "Being a little sensitive is not the legal standard here at all."
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had a harsh response Thursday to a journalist who questioned the ICE killing of mother Renee Good in Minneapolis.

The fatal shooting of Good, who was gunned down driving in her car last week by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, has raised questions over the agency's aggressive tactics and response to protests. During a White House press conference, Leavitt had an angry response to comments from Niall Stanage, columnist at The Hill and analyst for NewsNation.

Stanage asked Leavitt the following: ...