The family of a Minneapolis mother shot dead by a federal immigration agent has enlisted the legal team that represented George Floyd's family, seeking answers and accountability in a case that has sparked significant controversy.
A Call for Answers After Federal Agent's Killing
On Wednesday, 14 January 2026, the family of Renee Good, 37, announced they had hired the Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin. The firm, which secured a $27 million settlement for Floyd's family, will now represent Good's partner, parents, and siblings. They accuse Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers of killing Good as she attempted to follow their instructions during an operation in her neighbourhood on 7 January.
According to the law firm, Good and her partner, Becca Good, had just dropped their six-year-old child at school and stopped to observe law enforcement activity when officers approached. The attorneys state that Good appeared to reverse and turn her vehicle away from an agent before the shooting occurred. The agent who fired the fatal shot has not been publicly identified.
Official Response and Mounting Political Pressure
The family's move comes in the same week the US Justice Department stated it saw no basis to open a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting, though an FBI probe remains ongoing. The Trump administration has defended the ICE officer, claiming he acted in self-defence while standing in front of Good's moving vehicle.
However, this explanation has been strongly criticised by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, among others, who have reviewed video footage of the confrontation. The family's legal team has also questioned delays in providing medical aid after the shooting.
In a statement, the family urged the public to remember Good as "an agent of peace" and requested her death not be used as a political flashpoint. Becca Good told Minnesota Public Radio the couple had stopped to support neighbours, starkly noting: "We had whistles. They had guns."
Broader Fallout and Ongoing Investigation
The case has triggered wider repercussions. According to people familiar with the matter, roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned this week, and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division in Washington gave notice of their departures.
Romanucci & Blandin said they intend to release findings from their independent investigation "on a rolling basis," arguing the community is not receiving adequate information from official channels. They pledge to scrutinise the nature of the federal operation that day and the officers' actions during the encounter.
As the legal battle commences and the FBI continues its work, the family of Renee Good waits for a full account of the tragedy that has drawn inevitable parallels to other high-profile deaths involving law enforcement in Minneapolis.
