RENEE GOOD'S FAMILY SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ICE KILLING

The family of Renee Good, a US citizen shot dead by an ICE officer in Minneapolis in January, has filed two lawsuits against the US government and Trump administration officials, lawyer Antonio Romanucci said. The lawsuits were brought by Good's brother, Brent Ganger, and her partner, Becca Good. One accuses the government of battery, assault and negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The other names ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who shot Good, along with Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and border tsar Tom Homan, alleging a civil rights conspiracy.

Good was killed during an immigration operation in Minneapolis in a shooting filmed on video, viewed by millions, that prompted protests, according to the report. Becca Good, speaking publicly for the first time, told Thursday's news conference that "the whole world had to watch as our entire universe was destroyed." She said she and the couple's three children had been "robbed." Romanucci said the government "has become a grave and mortal threat to its own citizens." Trump said hours after the shooting that Good had "violently, wilfully and viciously ran over the ICE officer."

White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis called the lawsuits "baseless" and said the administration would "vigorously defend" against them. Bis said deaths of Americans at the hands of people without legal status deserved "equal coverage" in news reporting. The Federal Tort Claims Act allows US citizens to sue the government over deaths caused by federal employees' negligence, according to the report. A separate report said two US citizens were fatally shot by federal agents during the January operation, and that the family says there has been no accountability for Good's killing.