The ICE officer who killed Renee Good in a shooting that spurred nationwide protests earlier this year was back at work shortly after the shooting, and federal investigations into the incident have stalled, according to a new report — the latest example of the federal government failing to fully investigate deaths and injuries at the hands of immigration officials.
Jonathan Ross, the officer who fatally shot Good in Minneapolis in January, was moved to another state after an initial three-day administrative leave and is now performing “administrative and investigative” duties, according to the report, which was published Monday by PunchUp, a new investigative outlet founded by Daily Beast reporter Tom Latchem.
An FBI investigation of the shooting has stalled, PunchUp reports, citing senior officials. As a result, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not been able to move forward with an internal review of the incident.
One unnamed ICE official told PunchUp that the probe was “just hanging out there” and that the FBI should “shit or get off the pot.”
Federal officials have also held up the local investigation into Good’s death, and multiple unnamed Department of Homeland Security officials told PunchUp that the White House itself was behind federal agencies’ refusal to cooperate with state investigators.
