"But even though investigators have not made public a specific allegation that anyone aside from Ms. Good and her wife were involved in an encounter with federal agents that day, the Justice Department is still planning to examine a wide group of activists who took part in the neighborhood watch activities, believing they were instigators of the shooting, the people familiar with the inquiry said."
"in addition to the actions of the federal agent who killed her, people familiar with the situation said. ... The decision by the FBI and the Justice Department to scrutinize Ms. Good's activities and her potential connections to local activists is in line with the White House's strategy of deflecting blame for the shooting away from federal law enforcement and toward opponents they have described as domestic terrorists, often without providing evidence."
Federal investigators are examining a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman's possible connections to activist groups that protested aggressive federal immigration enforcement, in addition to the actions of the federal agent who killed her. The FBI and Justice Department decision to scrutinize her activities aligns with a White House strategy of deflecting blame toward opponents described as domestic terrorists. Investigators plan to examine a wide group of neighborhood-watch activists despite no public allegation that anyone beyond the victim and her wife encountered federal agents that day. Conservative social media rhetoric portrayed Minnesota as dangerously overrun and conservative legal movement figures are expected to fill civil-rights posts.
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