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.
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?
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.