Renee Nicole Good lawyer raises alarms over DOJ handling of ICE shooting investigation
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: New questions are being raised about the federal investigation into the death of Renee Nicole Good after the attorney representing her family made explosive claims about how the Department of Justice is handling the case. Speaking on Wednesday, the lawyer alleged that government inaction and delays have raised serious concerns about the preservation of key evidence.
Good, a Minneapolis mother, was killed roughly two weeks ago by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross as she drove away from the scene of an ICE raid. The fatal shooting sparked immediate protests across the city and intensified calls for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached.
Antonio Romanucci, an attorney for the family of Renee Good, the unarmed woman killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has launched a civil probe into her death. "We don't know that we're going to get to the truth only with the federal government investigating this," he says. pic.twitter.com/j5Tnigot6f
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Those demands grew louder after Noem publicly defended Ross’s actions, statements that were later contradicted by eyewitness accounts and testimony challenging the official narrative of the incident.
Lawyer warns DOJ probe risks key evidence
Attorney Antonio Romanucci, who previously represented the family of George Floyd, addressed the case during a recent episode of the Legal AF podcast. In the interview, Romanucci suggested the Department of Justice has been uncooperative, raising red flags about whether critical evidence is being properly safeguarded.
According to Romanucci, his firm is now grappling with what he described as “preservation issues,” fueled by what he characterized as government stonewalling. “Very likely, there are either some bullet fragments or bullets themselves that are inside the vehicle,” Romanucci said during the podcast. “There may be shell casings that wound up inside the vehicle. There may be other pieces of evidence inside that vehicle.”
He emphasized that Good’s car, the scene of the shooting, could contain crucial forensic evidence that has yet to be independently examined.
Lawyer asks DOJ to preserve Renee Good’s vehicle for evidence
Attorney Antonio Romanucci revealed that his firm sent a formal preservation letter to the Department of Justice last week, requesting that Good’s vehicle be secured and protected from any potential tampering.
“We asked them to preserve that vehicle to make sure that it’s stored in a safe manner so that none of the evidence gets altered, modified, destroyed, or spoiled,” he said.
The attorney also stressed that any forensic testing must be conducted transparently and with legal representatives present. “If there’s any testing, it’s got to be done with us present,” Romanucci added.
Protests grow after Renee Good killing, calls for independent probe
Good’s death has become a flashpoint in the broader national debate over immigration enforcement and federal accountability. Demonstrations erupted in Minneapolis in the days following the shooting, with protesters demanding justice for Good and accountability at the highest levels of government.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s defense of the ICE officer further intensified public outrage, particularly after officials’ claims were disputed by eyewitnesses who described a different sequence of events. Community leaders and activists have continued to call for an independent investigation, arguing that federal agencies cannot be trusted to police themselves in cases involving their own officers.
