Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement there was “no basis” for an investigation. The statement comes as new polling shows over half of Americans say the shooting was unjustified.

Justice Department officials said on Jan. 13 there is “no basis” for an investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the mother of three whose fatal shooting by an immigration enforcement agent sparked protests across the country.

“There is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement referring to Good.

The 37-year-old was fatally shot on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, when she moved her car forward near the ICE agent. Her death has inspired widespread protests against the Trump administration’s militarized use of the Department of Homeland Security.

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    Also, somebody should mention the fact that 50 votes in the Senate plus a VP tiebreaker vote was all that was needed to just throw out the filibuster

    Amazing how people who accuse progressives of not knowing how stuff works or whatever always forget that little detail

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      Amazing how people who accuse progressives of not knowing how stuff works or whatever always forget that little detail

      The sad part is, Ive explained it to them before.

      I didn’t recognize them at first, but I blocked them at least once under that same user name from a different instance.

      Like, they were just following me around calling me a commie for a while:

      https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=14783121

      Looks like when they got banned from lemmy.ml, they suddenly wanted to make a new account for unrelated reasons.

      It always starts out semi-rational, but when you respond rationally and calmly they immediately start making maga level insults. It’s probably why they have to keep making so many accounts.