Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
Renee Good's family on Oct. 1 sued the U.S. government and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, alleging violations of the law occurred in the fatal shooting of Good in January.
The civil complaints were lodged in federal court in Minnesota, where Good was shot by an ICE officer after she declined to stop her vehicle and drove toward an agent during a traffic stop.
The complaints say that the agent who shot Good violated the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches and seizures; government policy that only permits deadly force when there is an imminent threat of death or serious injury; and federal law by committing battery without any legal justification for the shooting.
He and other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel at the scene also inflicted emotional distress upon Good by illegally confining her even though she had not committed or threatened any violence, nor broken any law.
The filings say Good, who was with her wife, Becca Good, had stopped in her neighborhood and honked her horn to alert neighbors that federal officers were there to conduct immigration enforcement operations. They claimed Good was attempting to "drive slowly away" when she was shot.
The lawsuits seek damages. One requests a bench trial; the other requests a jury trial.
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