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FBI’s inquiry into ICE shooting in Minneapolis faces doubts after White House’s remarks

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Mounting outrage over an ICE agent’s killing of a woman in Minneapolis manifested this weekend in a series of planned nationwide demonstrations.

Mounting outrage over an ICE agent’s killing of a woman in Minneapolis manifested this weekend in a series of planned nationwide demonstrations.

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Glenn Thrush

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The Trump administration blocked Minnesota officials from investigating the

death of the woman shot on Jan 7 by a federal agent,

then quietly offered this explanation: Local investigators simply could not be trusted to conduct a fair inquiry.

The investigation into the killing of Ms Renee Nicole Good, 37, federal officials said, would be the exclusive province of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is overseen by a director, Mr Kash Patel, who has described US President Donald Trump as an unerring boss, and even a king.

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