{"id":26537,"date":"2026-01-18T20:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=26537"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:19:17","slug":"der-exodus-der-juristen-wie-der-tod-von-renee-good-das-us-justizsystem-in-minnesota-zerreisst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-exodus-der-juristen-wie-der-tod-von-renee-good-das-us-justizsystem-in-minnesota-zerreisst\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exodus of the Lawyers - How the Death of Renee Good Is Tearing Apart the U.S. Justice System in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Minnesota, something is coming apart that long seemed stable. Quietly, but unmistakably, federal prosecutors are leaving their offices, clearing their desks, turning in their badges. Not for career reasons, not because they are moving to private practice, but out of conviction. The Trump administration\u2019s handling of the fatal shooting of Renee Good has triggered a wave that has now reached the entire U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Minnesota. At least five federal prosecutors have resigned just this week alone, including the deputy head of the office. Further departures are considered likely internally. Former and current staff openly say that experienced, respected lawyers are leaving - people who formed the backbone of the office. Nearly fifty of roughly 135 employees are said to have left the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Minnesota since Trump\u2019s reelection. What remains is a thinned-out structure in which hardly anyone knows how the work can continue at this level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhat we are experiencing feels like war. That is what it feels like here. In Minneapolis. As if you are watching rules shift, roles blur, and you yourself become part of a game you did not choose. We are told we must learn to eat in order not to be eaten. We are told there are only sheep and wolves. But that is too cheap.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The trigger lies on January 7. On that day, the 37-year-old mother Renee Good was killed in Minneapolis by an ICE officer with shots to the head and chest. She had partially blocked a neighborhood street with her vehicle and was protesting an operation by federal authorities. Multiple videos document the sequence from different perspectives. The shooter himself was also filming. In his recording, after the shots, a male voice can be heard insulting Good. That it is his own voice was reviewed and confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead of focusing on the shooter and the course of the act, the Justice Department defended the officer. Good had attempted to run him over with her car, it was said. At the same time, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Minnesota was instructed to shift the focus to Renee Good\u2019s wife, who had also been protesting at the scene. For many prosecutors, this was the point at which they could no longer go along. A detailed frame-by-frame analysis of the videos shows that Good steered away and did not drive toward the officer. The official account did not withstand this review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n