"But the BCA issued a statement Thursday morning saying that the US attorney's office had reversed course: the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation. Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty, an elected Democrat and the county's prosecutor, clarified at a press conference Friday that the BCA"
"It does not preclude an investigation, she said. But a lack of access to evidence hampers the investigation. When the BCA came to the scene, the evidence had been taken by the FBI, she said. They collected the car and took it wherever the BCA does not have access to the car. And the problem isn't that the FBI took the car, it's that the BCA doesn't have access to the car."
"In a press conference on Friday, the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, described the federal government's narrative casting Good as the villain as garbage and called on the state to conduct its own investigation. This is a time to follow the law, he said. This is not a time to hide from the facts. This is a time to embrace them, making sure that we're pushing for transparency every step of the way."
Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension initially investigated the shooting with the FBI, but the US attorney's office shifted leadership so the FBI now leads alone and the BCA no longer has access to case materials, scene evidence, or investigative interviews. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the BCA's high investigative standard cannot be met without full access to evidence, noting the FBI collected the vehicle and withheld forensic results. The BCA's inability to review those materials hampers an independent probe. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey criticized federal framing of Renee Good as a villain, urged a state-led investigation, and demanded transparency.
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