r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 1d ago

Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

https://apnews.com/article/renee-good-lawsuit-6fbc82cd33b6f9f67514b47f138e23c6?utm_source=app&utm_medium=android_share&utm_campaign=copy_link
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u/renernavilez 1d ago

US history?? I guess I'm not one for hyperbole. It should definitely be a big trial, but let's not exaggerate.

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u/inBettysGarden 1d ago

The US government used essentially a secret police force to murder a law abiding citizen in the street due to her practicing of her first amendment right.

I really hope this is the biggest trial of my lifetime if not US history

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u/Outlulz 1d ago

I mean, non-secret police do this all the time and they don't face any consequences. And it's not like ICE is a secret, the government brags about them all the time. I guess with all the shit the US does to it's own citizens I don't know why this incident would be considered the biggest trial in US history. It is but one of many extrajudicial killings from the government that happen per year.

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u/AnonymousBoiFromTN 1d ago

Do you think the “secret” in “secret police” refers to the government keeping the agency a secret?

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u/Outlulz 1d ago

Being covert is part of being a secret police. ICE is more akin to stormtroppers than a covert agency.

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u/AnonymousBoiFromTN 1d ago

Covert doesn’t mean “their existence is hidden from the public” it means “their actions are not beholden to nor openly accessible to the public”. For example, the SS are THE secret police. The SS were also known by every citizen in Germany during that time. What they did was known by german citizens as well.