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DOJ says won’t investigate ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Good (www.aljazeera.com)
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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.

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.

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[–] Zombie_Hoser@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“We don’t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody,” said Blanche. “We investigate when it’s appropriate to investigate.”

Your job is literally to investigate these situations.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I'm also pretty sure that most law enforcement agencies require all shootings to be investigated. (Not that it always happens of course.)

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then we shall have to investigate the DoJ.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this is a mistake, they should be doing a sham investigation and a sham trial so double-jeopardy kicks in

[–] Sphere@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah there's no statute of limitations on murder