Minnesota's BCA removes itself from the ICE involved shooting

In a move that may involve a federal power grab, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has pulled out of investigating the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer during an enforcement operation in south Minneapolis.

The state agency announced it had "reluctantly withdrawn" after being shut out by the FBI from accessing crucial evidence needed for a "thorough and independent" probe.

Superintendent Drew Evans laid it out plainly in his statement. Just the day before, "after consultation with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, it was decided that the BCA Force Investigations Unit would conduct a joint investigation with the FBI" into Good's death.

But then the rug was pulled. "Later that afternoon, the FBI informed the BCA that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had reversed course: the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation," Evans said.

"Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands," he added. "As a result, the BCA has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation. The BCA Force Investigations Unit was designed to ensure consistency, accountability and public confidence, none of which can be achieved without full cooperation and jurisdictional clarity."

This comes as DHS Secretary Kristi Noem unloaded on local authorities while speaking to reporters. "I'd like to know where they've been and why they're not out on the streets investigating all of these people that are harassing and inciting violence on law enforcement officers right now."

"They're allowing the situation to be volatile," Noem also said. "They're not doing their work. They haven't for years. And maybe they should get to work a little bit on the unprecedented fraud that we've seen in Minnesota and in Minneapolis by people that stole from American citizens and diverted funds away from vulnerable people and programs and services that they needed and put it into their own pockets. Minnesota is a train wreck."

[In truth, the left in general has demonized ICE and the feds to where they are seen as "Nazis" and "anarchists," so it's no wonder that agents are being violently attacked. I blame the left for Good's death and I believe from what was shown on the videos that the ICE officer was within the law to defend himself. It matters not what Ms. Good's intentions were when she began to drive toward the officer; it's the officer's perception of danger that legally matters.]

Anyway, Evans pushed back, insisting "We expect the FBI to conduct a thorough and complete investigation and that the full investigative file will be shared with the appropriate prosecutorial authorities at both the state and federal levels."

"The BCA remains fully committed to our partnerships to build public trust in use of deadly force investigations. If the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI were to reconsider this approach and express a willingness to resume a joint investigation, the BCA is prepared to reengage in support of our shared goal of public safety in Minnesota," he added.

The shooting went down amid an ICE operation, with DHS claiming agents were making arrests when Good had been impeding the arrests ICE was making on illegal alien Somalis and others, and then she attempted to use her vehicle as a weapon, forcing an agent to fire in self-defense. 

Good was hit in the head and pronounced dead, while the agent involved remains unidentified.

I don't particularly like the idea of BCA being pushed out of the investigation, and I hope the FBI will make a full and honest assessment and conclusion of the case. I believe they will, but they need to be as transparent as possible.

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