DHS officials privately express shock at department’s immediate response to Minneapolis shooting

DHS officials privately express shock at agency statement on Minneapolis shooting

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7 is drawing a wide range of reactions. While some right-wing media figures are defending the shooting as self-defense, many other people believe the agent used excessive force — from conservative MS NOW host Joe Scarbourgh to liberal economist Paul Krugman, who wrote that "ICE murdered a woman in Min…

Internal DHS Concerns Emerge After Minneapolis ICE Shooting

Several Department of Homeland Security officials privately expressed concern over the agency’s rapid public response to the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Officials said the department moved too quickly to label the incident an act of domestic terrorism before investigators could fully assess the facts.Within hours of the shooting, DHS said the officer fired in self defense as a vehicle allegedly attempted to strike a…

DHS officials privately express shock at department’s immediate response to Minneapolis shooting

Multiple Department of Homeland Security officials privately expressed shock Wednesday over the department’s immediate response to the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent, seeing it as a break from precedent that generally points to an investigation before reaching a firm conclusion.