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Minnesota ICE agent involved in deadly shooting of woman had prior dragging incident

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    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -52% Medium Left

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    -57% Negative

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58% : He said that he attended the Border Patrol's academy in New Mexico, where he learned to speak Spanish.
52% : He said he returned from Iraq in 2005, went to college and joined the Border Patrol in 2007 near El Paso, Texas.
52% : He is assigned to fugitive operations, seeking to arrest "higher value targets" in the ICE region that includes Minneapolis, he testified last month.
49% : The agent, described by a spokesperson as a 10-year veteran of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was treated for a gash on his forearm that required 20 stitches after the dragging incident, for which the driver was convicted of assault last month. RELATED: Who is accountable?
47% : A witness said Good received conflicting orders from ICE agents and was attempting to drive away as one of the agents had asked, according to MPR News.
45% : " Tricia McLaughlin, the Homeland Security spokesperson, said in a statement that the agent who killed Good, whom she also did not name, had extensive experience, including in marksmanship and as a member of ICE's special response team, and that he had "acted according to his training" on Wednesday. Minnesota law enforcement officials said Thursday that they were being denied access to evidence from the shooting by federal agencies, and could no longer participate in the investigation as a result.
22% : ICE killing in Minnesota reignites Bay Area debate over police shootings of drivers Now that same agent is at the center of a growing backlash over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts, after he shot and killed Renee Good, 37, in the driver's seat of her car Wednesday.
19% : Ross said he has served as a deportation officer based in Minnesota since he joined ICE in 2015.

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