A history of state and federal cooperation<\/p>\n
\n The unilateral decision cut off state law enforcement from access to evidence that may show whether the ICE officer responsible for the fatal shooting could, or should, be criminally charged.\n <\/p>\n
\n In the past, federal and local law enforcement have worked together to meticulously gather evidence, conduct interviews and share information in cases of officer-involved killings. Like in the investigation into the killing of Minneapolis\u2019 George Floyd, local law enforcement was focused on bringing state murder charges, while the federal investigation focused on whether civil rights laws were violated.\n <\/p>\n
\n Minnesota Department of Public Safety commissioner Bob Jacobson said during a press conference Thursday that state investigators work with the FBI \u201call the time\u201d as the bureau has \u201cthe evidence in the original investigative notes and reports.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe have none of that,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have shared none of that with us.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Jacobson added that bringing a case against the officer would be \u201cextremely difficult, if not impossible, without cooperation from the federal government.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The FBI declined to comment for this story and hasn\u2019t said what the parameters of its investigation are. Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2019s only public statement<\/a> relating to the incident so far warned protesters not to impede further law enforcement actions. FBI Director Kash Patel, a prolific poster on social media, hasn\u2019t commented on the events.\n <\/p>\n \n Since the shooting late Wednesday morning, top administration officials have firmly stated what they believe the federal investigation should focus on \u2014 jumping to assert the agent\u2019s innocence and alleging that the woman who was killed may have been part of an unknown organized effort to obstruct ICE operations.\n <\/p>\n \n In a press conference Thursday, Vice President JD Vance blamed the \u201cfar left\u201d<\/a> for attacks on law enforcement and said the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good<\/a> was a \u201ctragedy of her own making.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cIf you just look at the eyewitness accounts, they were saying she was there to prevent the enforcement of the law, she was trying to obstruct a legitimate law enforcement operation. That much is obviously clear,\u201d Vance said.\n <\/p>\n \n Uncovering whether Good was part of an organized group, he said, \u201cis part of the reason why we investigate this stuff.\u201d\n <\/p>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gettyimages-2254821786.jpg\")
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