The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Rebecca Good, examining whether she impeded Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents moments before one shot and killed her partner, Renee Nicole Good, during a confrontation on a Minneapolis residential street. Federal officials are focusing the probe on Rebecca Good's potential ties to activist groups and her actions in the seconds leading up to the 7 January shooting.
The investigation marks a controversial turn in a case that has already sparked mass protests and resignations within the Justice Department itself. Video footage from the scene captured Rebecca Good standing outside the couple's Honda Pilot, holding a mobile phone, as ICE agents surrounded the vehicle. As one agent reached into the car and another told Renee Good to exit, Rebecca can be heard shouting, 'Drive, baby, drive, drive,' before Renee pulled away and ICE agent Jonathan Ross opened fire. 'There has been no contact from the FBI or federal officials indicating Becca Good is the subject of an investigation,' her lawyer, Antonio Ramanucci, said on Saturday. Ramanucci's law firm, Romanucci & Blandin, also represented George Floyd's family and secured a £21 million ($27 million) settlement in that case.
