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FBI takes over case of ICE agent killing US woman and cuts Minnesota’s access to evidence (www.theguardian.com)

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The FBI has taken full control of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, it emerged on Thursday.

In a statement, the Minneosta Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said it was initially called upon to help investigate the shooting before federal officials “reversed course” and said the case would be “solely led by the FBI”. With its access to the case materials, witnesses and evidence revoked, the BCA said it had to “reluctantly” withdraw from the investigation.

In a post on X, the city of Minneapolis said the federal decision to remove the BCA from the probe was “deeply disappointing” and called for “a clear and transparent process that includes state investigating agencies”.

The reversal from federal law enforcement comes as Donald Trump and homeland security secretary Kristi Noem have continued to justify Wednesday’s shooting by accusing Macklin Good of engaging in “an act of domestic terrorism” and claiming that the ICE agent who shot her was acting in “self-defense”, alleging she had tried to run him over.

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[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“We investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong”

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah, at this point it isn't even remotely surprising that Trump is using federal supremacy to suppress evidence. Obstruction of justice is like his main thing.

[–] DenmarkSuxxxxxxx@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

piece of shit

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

wait wait wait wait. they are pretending to do investigations now???

[–] brxghtjen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gotta block this community.

Only allowing mods to post threads is stupid as fuck.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Please do.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't get it. How does a federal investigation stop a state or local investigation? Murder is a state crime, not federal, and no state lines were crossed. Why cannot the Minneapolis police simply arrest this fascist?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Involves a federal agent and they're claiming domestic terrorism for sitting in a road that was obstructed by a stuck ice vehicle yelling about how shitty and overbearing they are. So yes they can take it federal it's just normal to loop in locals unless it's a national security risk.