Six Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Resign over DOJ’s Handling of Renee Good’s Shooting

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Six federal prosecutors in the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney’s Office resigned Tuesday over the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Becca Good, the widow of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week. Former acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson resigned, along with senior career prosecutors Harry Jacobs, Melinda Williams, Thomas Calhoun-Lopez, Ruth Schneider and Tom Hollenhurst. In Washington, D.C., five senior prosecutors in the criminal wing of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division also said they are leaving, after the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “There is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation” into the fatal shooting of Renee Good. Instead, the DOJ launched an investigation to examine ties between Renee Good and her wife, Becca Good, and several Minneapolis groups that have been monitoring and protesting ICE raids. Their child’s school had sent a message to parents saying, “Thank you to families who have been on ICE watch, helping to protect their neighbors.”