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Podcast: Stop the Killing
Episode: Minnesota ICE Shooting: Former FBI Agent Explains the Deadly Force Standard — Was It Lawful?
Description: In this episode of Stop the Killing Podcast, former FBI agent and prosecutor Katherine Schweit breaks down the fatal shooting of Renee Goode, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis.
Rather than reacting to headlines or social media outrage, this episode focuses on one question only:
Did the officer’s actions meet the legal standard for the use of deadly force?
Drawing on Department of Justice policy, Supreme Court case law, and her own experience investigating officer-involved shootings, Schweit explains:
What “objectively reasonable” force...