Craig B. Futterman on Federal Agents Who Violate State Crimes
Can state officials prosecute the feds? Calls grow after Minneapolis shooting
The strongest call for prosecutions came from Craig Futterman. He’s a member of the legal team that brought the lawsuit that prompted U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to restrict the feds’ use of forcein an order last fall. After a hearing in that case Thursday, he told reporters that local officials “have the power” to arrest federal agents who violate state crimes.
“You don’t have the right to commit murder,” Futterman said. “That’s a state crime. And you have the power to prosecute state murder. You have the power to prosecute state assaults, state batteries. And that’s something that we want to see our local law enforcement doing.”
Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was set to investigate Good’s shooting alongside the FBI, but the U.S. attorney’s office changed that Thursday. The BCA was pushed out by the U.S. attorney’s office and would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the ICE officer who shot Good “acted according to his training.”
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