FBI agent investigating Minneapolis deadly shooting resigns amid pressure
The FBI agent involved in the probe of the killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has resigned amid pressure.
Good was killed earlier this month by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Tracee Mergen resigned as supervisor in the FBI’s Minneapolis field office after the law enforcement agency’s leadership in Washington mounted pressure on her to discontinue a civil rights probe into the conduct of Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who had shot Good in the face at point-blank range, killing the unarmed mother of three.
Cindy Burnham, a spokeswoman for the FBI office in Minneapolis, declined to comment on Mergen’s resignation.
Mergen’s resignation is the latest development to have emerged from the mishandling of Good’s case by the US Justice Department.
After the January 7 shooting, US President Donald Trump defended the excessive brutality used by federal agents, saying they were just “doing their job.”
Good was accused by the Trump administration of trying to run Ross over with her vehicle.
Several Trump administration officials have branded Good as a “domestic terrorist.”
However, a video analysis by The New York Times showed Good had no intention of running Ross over, and she was just trying to flee from the armed agents approaching her.
Since the killing, protesters have held rallies against ICE on an almost daily basis.
Thousands of protesters braved the bitter cold on Friday, marching through the streets of Minneapolis, demanding that ICE agents leave the city.
Local leaders have slammed ICE’s presence in the area, with Minneapolis’ Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey telling the agency to “get the f‑‑‑ out of Minneapolis.”
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