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Renee Good's family files two federal lawsuits over her fatal shooting by an ICE officer

The family of Renee Good, shot dead by ICE officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on 7 January, has filed two federal lawsuits. One targets the United States; the other names Ross and senior Trump administration figures.

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The family of Renee Good filed two federal civil lawsuits on Thursday 1 October over her fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Good, 37, was shot on 7 January by ICE officer Jonathan Ross while in the driver's seat of her SUV. The first suit names the United States as defendant and alleges wrongful death under Minnesota law, citing battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence; NBC says it is brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

The second suit names Ross, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others, alleging a conspiracy to interfere with civil rights, including a discriminatory conspiracy targeting Somali and Hispanic communities and silencing their allies. The Daily Mirror reports the suits were filed by Good's partner, Becca Good, and her brother Brent Ganger, and that other defendants include former Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino and Corey Lewandowski. The family's law firm, Romanucci and Blandin, said Good's death "was not an accident" but the result of a coordinated campaign by senior officials to target Minnesotans of Somali or Hispanic origin, and said Operation Metro Surge was built on exaggerated fraud accusations.

Federal officials said at the time the officer acted in self-defence and that Good had engaged in "an act of domestic terrorism"; Trump and Noem defended Ross and said she tried to run him over, while witnesses told NBC News Ross did not appear to be in the SUV's direct path. Bystander video shows Good turning the wheel as officers told her to get out of the car, and gunshots followed; NBC notes Noem said Ross was treated in hospital and a DHS official cited internal bleeding. The shooting came during Operation Metro Surge, in which about 3,000 immigration agents were sent to the Twin Cities; weeks later Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, was killed by Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis.

The filing came days after Good's mother and brother, Donna and Brent Ganger, testified to Congress at a joint hearing on fatal shootings by federal immigration officers.

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Framing
Coverage treats the suits as a legal challenge to the administration's immigration crackdown, leading with the wrongful death and civil rights allegations and the family's account.
Emphasis
The conspiracy allegations against senior officials, the Operation Metro Surge context, Pretti's killing and the family's statements.
Leaves out or plays down
No article gives a response from the named defendants or the government to the suits themselves.
Charged language
“Trump's government”“beraved family”“coordinated campaign”
For example
“ICE shooting victim Renee Good's family sues Trump's government after mum shot dead in car” — Daily Mirror
“It was the predictable result of a coordinated campaign by senior officials in this administration” — The Independent
“Civil lawsuits are now filed against the federal government” — CBS News

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