"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good while she attempted to drive away from an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Videos show Ross using unjustified force against Good, a 37-year-old mother and poet, when he appeared to be in no imminent danger. Yet the Trump administration immediately defended the murder, defaming Good as a "domestic terrorist," asserting absolute immunity for Ross, and obstructing a state investigation into the incident."
"Dahlia Lithwick: I want to look back at the ways in which the events of the last week, aggregated across the events of the last couple of months, keep demonstrating Donald Trump's absolutely limitless claims of power-to determine international law, to determine domestic law, to decide when there's an emergency. There are no boundaries. That's why the two bookended events in Venezuela and in Minnesota sit so heavily on us:"
An ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, shot and killed Renee Nicole Good as she attempted to drive away from an enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Video footage shows Ross using unjustified force when he appeared to be in no imminent danger. The Trump administration defended Ross, labeled Good a "domestic terrorist," asserted absolute immunity for Ross, and obstructed a state investigation. The administration also claimed that Congress cannot limit presidential military action in Venezuela, asserting inherent constitutional authority to invade foreign countries. A Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity has reinforced claims of sweeping executive power that can shield agents from accountability.
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