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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis

https://archive.ph/ewynz

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Avelo ends ICE flights as Delaware lawmakers seek transparency on companies profiting from deportations

https://whyy.org/articles/avelo-airline ... ency-laws/

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Australia to deport British man over alleged neo-Nazi links

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/au ... r-AA1TMX8G

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Man, woman shot by federal agents in Portland: Police

https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-shot-federa ... =129038573

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Denny Hoskins admits writing flawed ballot summary for Missouri gerrymandering referendum

https://missouriindependent.com/2026/01 ... eferendum/

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Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now

https://apnews.com/article/social-servi ... a225676a8c

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Judge blocks Trump administration from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications

https://apnews.com/article/trump-head-s ... 92e9708699

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Trump says US will 'do something on Greenland whether they like it or not'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1TVbyx

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Misconduct Expert Says State Has the Right to Charge ICE Officer Who Killed Renée Good
By Samantha Michaels
January 9, 2026

Introduction:

(Mother Jones) After an ICE agent shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis this week, firing his weapon as she attempted to drive away, protesters have amassed around the country, many wondering: Can that officer be taken to court?

The Trump administration, predictably, says the agent, Jonathan Ross, is immune from prosecution. “You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action,” Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Thursday. “That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job.”

But what do independent attorneys say? After the shooting, I reached out to Robert Bennett, a veteran lawyer in Minneapolis who has worked on hundreds of federal court police misconduct cases during his 50-year career. “I’ve deposed thousands of police officers,” he says. “ICE agents do not have absolute immunity.”

Bennett says the state of Minnesota has the right to prosecute an ICE agent who commits misconduct. But, he adds, that might be difficult now that the FBI has essentially booted the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension off the case—blocking access, the BCA wrote, to “case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation.”

In the conversation below, edited for length and clarity, Bennett discusses how the shooting in Minneapolis unfolded and the legal paths forward.

Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... ee-good/

The article goes on to note that, if prosecuted by the state of Minnesota, “the officer has the right to remove the case to federal court.” If the officer is not tried then “a Federal Tort Claims Act case, or something else” could be brought against him.