The family of Renee Good is now suing top Trump administration officials, not only the officer who shot her, CBS reported during a live broadcast.
Good was killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. Correspondent Jonah Kaplan told CBS viewers there are two separate lawsuits.
Developing: everything below is an allegation in a lawsuit. The claims that the officials used inflammatory language, that they based arguments on conspiracies, and that the shooting was unjust excessive force are all unproven. The broadcast did not give filing dates for either suit.
The first lawsuit is about the shooting itself. Kaplan said the family considers it illegal and an unjust use of excessive force. He said the family argues Good was not a threat to the officers and that someone must be held accountable, that someone being the officer.
The second suit goes after the motivation behind Operation Metro Surge and the immigration crackdown. Kaplan said it names Steven Miller and Corey Lewandowski, both identified on air as advisors to the president. It also names Kristi Noem, secretary of homeland security at the time, and the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The lawsuit alleges those officials used inflammatory language and built arguments on conspiracies. The aim, per the suit, was to gin up anti-immigration feeling and justify an excessive crackdown on a peaceful city. Kaplan said all of it will be litigated.
He also pointed to a second purpose: getting the process moving. Nine months after the shooting, there is no criminal case. Kaplan noted that Alex Preddy, another American, was also killed in a deadly shooting in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge.
No charges have been filed at the state or federal level.
Kaplan said that is the status in both deaths. He said an agreement between Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state's investigative agency, and the FBI was reached only recently. Part of the evidence, he said, is the vehicle Good was driving.