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US Justice Department says no to probing the ICE agent, despite public outrage over Renee Good\u2019s shooting in Minnesota.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not be investigating the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who killed Renee Nicole Macklin Good, while also confirming reports that it is looking into charges against top Minnesota officials for encouraging protests.<\/p>\n Speaking to Fox News on Sunday night, Blanche said the civil rights unit of the Justice Department would not bow to pressure to investigate the shooting death of Minneapolis resident and mother Good, 37, earlier this month.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody,\u201d said Blanche. \u201cWe investigate when it\u2019s appropriate to investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo, no, we are not investigating. And if there comes a time when we need to, we will, but it\u2019s not now,\u201d Blanche added.<\/p>\n Increasingly tense confrontations between residents and federal officers have erupted in Minneapolis since\u00a0Renee\u00a0Good, a\u00a037-year-old mother of three, was fatally\u00a0shot behind the wheel of her car while protesting by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on January 7.<\/p>\n Blanche also said that footage of Good\u2019s death has already \u201cbeen reviewed by millions and millions of Americans because it was recorded on phones when it happened\u201d.<\/p>\n However, analysis conducted by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and APM Reports found that there still remain questions about the shooting, including why it allegedly took more than 10 minutes after Good was shot before she was given CPR.<\/p>\n According to the MPR and APM reports, ICE agents left Good \u201cbleeding and alone in the car for almost three minutes\u201d and \u201cturned away a man identifying himself as a physician who offered to help\u201d.<\/p>\n The administration of President Donald Trump has argued that Ross, the ICE agent who shot Good up to four times, was acting in self-defence.<\/p>\n Top Trump officials, including Vice President JD Vance and White House adviser Stephen Miller, have also said that ICE officers have \u201cabsolute immunity\u201d for their immigration enforcement actions.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, lawyers representing Good\u2019s family said last week that they have launched their own \u201ccivil investigation\u201d into her death.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople in Minneapolis and across this country truly, truly care about what happened to Renee Good on January 7, 2026, and are committed to understanding how she could have been killed on the street after dropping her child off at school,\u201d lawyer Antonio Romanucci said in a statement.<\/p>\n Blanche also separately confirmed reports that the DOJ has launched an investigation into Minnesota Governor and former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz as well as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging the two Democratic leaders were \u201cencouraging criminals to go out on the street and impede ICE\u201d.<\/p>\n Blanche\u2019s comments are the first time a member of the Trump administration has confirmed media reports that Walz and Frey are under investigation.<\/p>\n \u201cNo matter who you are, whether you\u2019re a governor, a mayor or somebody out there on the streets assaulting ice, you cannot, under federal law, you cannot impede a federal officer doing their job, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking at,\u201d said Blanche.<\/p>\n Responding to earlier media reports that the DOJ had launched its probe, Frey said he would \u201cnot be intimidated\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, local law enforcement, and residents against the chaos and danger this Administration has brought to our city,\u201d Frey said in a post on X.<\/p>\n Walz, meanwhile, responded to the reports indirectly, saying in a statement: \u201cWeaponising the justice system and threatening political opponents is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.\u201d<\/p>\n Walz also drew comparison to US Democratic Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, who are under investigation by the Trump administration after appearing with other Democratic lawmakers in a video urging members of the military to resist \u201cillegal orders\u201d given by their superiors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n US Justice Department says no to probing the ICE agent, despite public outrage over Renee Good\u2019s shooting in Minnesota. 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