Four leaders at the Department of Justices (DOJs) Civil Rights Division have resigned in protest after the administration announced that it would not be investigating the fatal shooting of queer mom Renee Good in Minneapolis last week by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate Goods shooting death just hours after Ross shot her three times through her cars side window in a fatal encounter last week. The criminal section of the Civil Rights Division would normally investigate fatal shootings by law enforcement for potential improper use of force, but Dhillon departed from norms in squelching the investigation. Related Trump says Renee Good & her friend are to blame for her death: They were highly disrespectful Investigating officials to determine if they broke the law, defied policy, failed to de-escalate, and resorted to deadly force without basis is one of the Civil Rights Divisions most solemn duties, said Kristen Clarke, who led the Civil Rights Division during the Biden administration. Prosecutors of the Civil Rights Division have, for decades, been the nations leading experts in this work.MS NOW reportsthat the chief of the criminal section, the principal deputy chief, the deputy chief, and the acting deputy chief are the ones who resigned. This follows the mass resignation of leaders in the DOJs Public Integrity Section last year, where five supervisors resigned rather than follow the presidents order to dismiss the bribery charges against then-New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today A DOJ spokesperson said that the four Civil Rights Division leaders actually took early retirement, coincidentally just days after Goods death, and that any suggestion to the contrary is false.The resignations came as the FBI announced that it would take full control of the investigation into the shooting last Thursday, excluding state law enforcement from access to case materials, evidence, and witnesses. Critics of the administration argued that keeping blue-state law enforcement out of the investigation and confining it to an agency loyal to the president could introduce bias into the investigation, but Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that state law enforcement simply doesnt have any jurisdiction in this investigation. Shortly after Good was killed, Noem said that Ross was acting in self-defense, even though multiple videos of the encounter show Goods car turning away from Ross, and even Ross own cell phone video of the encounter shows him calling Good a f**king b**ch just after shooting her three times. CNNs Jake Tapper confronted Noem with the video on Sunday, and Noem defended her comments by arguing that Good was weaponizing her car.State officials, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), questioned the presidential administrations ability to investigate the shooting impartially.Minnesota must be part of this investigation, Walz said. It feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome. And I say that only because people in positions of power have already passed judgment.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.