Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing

Relatives of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an ICE agent early this year during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, filed two federal lawsuits on Thursday, including one against the officer who shot her and several top officials in the Trump administration.

The lawsuits, filed in Minnesota federal court, accused the ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, of having placed himself at risk by standing in front of Ms. Good’s car during a tense confrontation on Jan. 7 and unjustifiably using deadly force.

In addition to Mr. Ross, one lawsuit also names as defendants Kristi Noem, the former secretary of homeland security; Stephen Miller, the top White House official overseeing immigration policy; Thomas D. Homan, the White House border czar; Todd Lyons, the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Gregory Bovino, a former senior Border Patrol official.

That suit says Ms. Good’s death was the result of an immigration operation in Minnesota that was driven by unconstitutional racial animus against Somali and Hispanic people.

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The second lawsuit, which lists the U.S. government as a defendant, is filed under a 1964 law that allows plaintiffs to seek redress for deaths caused by negligence.

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Federal agents and agencies have broad immunity from civil lawsuits filed over the use of deadly force. To prevail, plaintiffs must clearly establish that a federal law enforcement officer violated a person’s constitutional rights.

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