There's a process for investigating killings by federal officers. Minneapolis is a 'complete aberration'

The Marshall Project reports that federal efforts to exclude Minnesota from investigations into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti go against decades of practice.

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There's a process for investigating killings by federal officers. Minneapolis is a 'complete aberration'

There’s a process for investigating killings by federal officers. Minneapolis is a ‘complete aberration’

For weeks after an ICE officer’s killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, and again in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration moved aggressively to control the narrative and the investigative process. High-level officials portrayed the victims as violent threats and even terrorists, while insisting that Minnesota had “no jurisdiction” and blocking state investigators’ access to key evidence. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans told local reporters that in his more than 20 years of experience, he had never been denied access to a crime scene. But after the administration received a barrage of criticism, including significant backlash from fellow Republicans, the dam began to break.

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