Six Minnesota prosecutors resign over investigation into the ideology of the widow of the woman killed by ICE

WashingtonSix Minnesota prosecutors have resigned amid pressure from the Justice Department to investigate the ideological ties of Renee Nicole Good's widow. the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolisand the refusal to open a case against the immigration agent who opened fire. The officer has been identified as Jonathan Ross, a veteran who served in Iraq as a member of the National Guard.

The resignations on Tuesday were published by the local Minneapolis newspaper, Star TribuneThis comes after days of insistence by the Trump administration to focus on Good's partner and their relationship with groups that protest against ICE and also monitor its activities.

When Good was shot by an ICE agent, she was observing one of the ICE raids as part of community initiatives that have emerged to monitor the behavior of federal agents during anti-immigration operations. This is a very common practice that residents of other cities besieged by ICE, such as Chicago and Washington, have also undertaken to ensure there are eyewitnesses in cases of police violence or abuse. In fact, were it not for these kinds of community actions, Good's murder would most likely not have been recorded, and only the official version of events would exist.

So far, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not released the body camera footage that agents are required to wear. The only video that has surfaced was published by a far-right media outlet and was recorded by the officer himself on his cell phone. The 47-second recording, while documenting the entire incident, does not show where the agent was aiming when he opened fire on Good.

As published Star Tribune and it has echoed the New York TimesAmong the six prosecutors who have taken a stand is the number two in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Joseph H. Thompson. The lawyer was also in charge of overseeing the wide-ranging fraud investigation that has rocked Minnesota. The case has been used by Trump to attack the Somali community and deploy ICE agents.

After the DHS and the White House defended Agent Ross's actions, the administration still sent another 1,000 agents to Minneapolis to reinforce the massive operation that already had 2,000 agents present in the city.