Here’s why American jurisprudence matters to Israelis: there are a lot of Israelis who visit America, either as dual citizens, business travelers, or tourists. Entry into the USA is controlled by the Federal Government, primarily through three sub-units of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Every single person who travels to America will interact with agents of these agencies, one way or another. That’s why it matters.

On January 7th, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an ICE officer shot and killed a woman who has since been identified as Renee Nicole Good. The incident was recorded on multiple videos, which (given the nature of the internet and news) have circulated widely. In case you haven’t seen it, here it is (WARNING: GRAPHIC) 

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Pundits and politicians race to premature judgements in pursuit of clicks and controlling the narrative. But legal analysis and understanding the true significance of this event require calmer, more objective review, so let me tell you how an experienced trial attorney will do that. In the most objective terms possible, the facts are as follows:

Renee Good was driving a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), and the videos show that in the moments before the shooting, that SUV was stopped while positioned in the middle of the street at about a 45-degree angle across the marked lanes of traffic. It is not yet possible to say the SUV was blocking traffic generally, nor blocking ICE specifically; the videos do not show the conditions when the SUV got into that position, nor who else was there when it arrived, and we certainly cannot know what Ms. Good could see or what she was thinking when she put the car in that position, if she did that intentionally at all (Minnesota is famous for icy roads in........

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