ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Will No

A woman is dead and the man who shot her walks away untouched.

Families are shattered, a nation divided, and one phrase hangs over everything: “absolute immunity.”

How can killing someone at the wheel of her own car lead to no criminal charges, no civil trial, no day in court?

The answer lies buried in complex statutes, federal protections, and a standard for prosecuting officers set so impossibly high that almost no case ever breaks through.

The immigration officer’s freedom from prosecution rests on a powerful shield: broad legal protections for law enforcement acting in the line of duty.

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