By Joe Jurado, Newsone

The family of Renee Good has filed two separate civil suits against the United States government over her shooting death by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis earlier this year. 

The New York Times reports that the first civil suit names ICE Agent Jonathan Ross, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, along with several others, alleging a “conspiracy to interfere with civil rights by senior federal officials, federal immigration enforcement agents, and private actors.”

Earlier this year, Good was fatally shot by Ross while driving through her neighborhood and observing ICE agents. Good’s body wasn’t even cold before Noem and Miller began to publicly disparage her, framing her as a domestic terrorist who tried to run over Ross with her car. 

Anyone who sees the video of the incident and hasn’t drunk the Trump administration’s Kool-Aid can clearly see that Good was driving away from Ross when he began to fire. The suit says Ross violated ICE policies by failing to de-escalate the situation and placing himself in front of the vehicle.

“She was killed on a public street, while doing what thousands of her neighbors were doing that winter: watching masked, armed men terrorizing her community and refusing to look away,” the lawsuit says.

“The day of accountability has arrived for our own U.S. government and its governmental agencies ICE and CBP,” Antonio Romanucci, one of the attorneys representing Renee Good’s family, said at a press conference. “When government power crosses a line, there must be accountability.”

Romanucci said that a private autopsy found that the bullet hit Good’s left temple from a 90-degree angle, meaning that Ross wasn’t at risk of being hit by Good’s car when he began to fire. Brent Ganger, Good’s sister, said it took her death “for white people like me to know what it feels like to not feel safe in this country.” 

Honestly, I’m not mad at Ganger for saying the quiet part out loud. It really feels like the shootings of Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents made the brutality of the Trump administration real for white folks. 

It’s why ICE has been moving far more quietly in the wake of those shootings, but make no mistake, they are still rounding up immigrants indiscriminately. 

According to CBS News, the second suit lists the United States government as a defendant.

Featured Image: RIP Renee Good Graffiti (UCG/Getty)