Minneapolis entered January with unusually mild weather and a sense of calm, but that was shattered two days later when a federal immigration officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. Less than 24 hours later, a man and woman in Portland, Oregon, were shot and wounded by Customs and Border Protection agents. As immigration crackdowns […]
Christina Carrega
Christina Carrega is the criminal justice reporter at Capital B. Follow her on Bluesky @chriscarrega.bsky.social.
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Nurse Accused of Harming NICU Babies Expected to Plead Guilty
A former nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit in a Virginia hospital is expected to plead guilty to child abuse charges this week, according to her attorneys. Erin Strotman was charged last year in connection to mysterious injuries that appeared on newborns dating back several years, officials said. Multiple investigations were launched into how […]
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Calls for Justice Grow After ICE Shooting of Minneapolis Mom
Jacob Davis suspected that nothing positive would come from the Trump administration’s announcement on Tuesday that it had deployed some 2,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota. One day later, Renee Nicole Good was dead. The mother of three was in her car when a U.S. Immigration and […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Policing
Delrawn Small’s Family Still Seeks Accountability 9 Years After NYPD Killing
BROOKLYN, New York — In a neighborhood just miles from where his father was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer nine years ago, Zaiden Small sat on a couch, kicking and dangling his feet as he listened to stories about a man he never knew. He was a protector, a provider, and a […]
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A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments
A Minneapolis shooting that left a motorist dead comes as the Trump administration has launched its latest immigration crackdown. Minneapolis officials’ worst fears came true on Wednesday when 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good was shot in the head by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. It’s a shooting that Mayor Jacob Frey has called “reckless.” […]
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Nicki Minaj’s Embrace of Trump-Era Politics Has Fans Asking Questions
Nicki Minaj’s increased support of Donald Trump, his administration and conservative groups has had Black social media in an uproar and wondering what happened to Minaj, anyway? In December, she sat on stage at Turning Point USA’s annual conference, AmericaFest, for an interview with Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, praising Trump […]
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5 Years After Casey Goodson’s Death in Ohio, His Family Faces a New Legal Hurdle
This month, an Ohio family will gather for their fifth holiday season without Casey Goodson. The 23-year-old was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy while trying to enter his home on Dec. 4, 2020, in Columbus in Franklin County. He was holding keys to the front door in one hand and a bag of Subway […]
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Virginia Man Accused of Planting Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6 Faces Federal Charges
Federal law enforcement has made its first arrest in connection to the planting of two pipe bombs outside the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national committees, officials announced last week. After a nearly five-year search, Brian J. Cole Jr. has been identified as a suspect. Cole was allegedly seen in surveillance footage […]
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Grand Jury Declines to Reindict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James
New York Attorney General Letitia James is “grateful” after a grand jury declined to reindict her on mortgage fraud charges. On Thursday, the grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, rejected the Department of Justice’s attempt to refile the case just days after a federal judge dismissed an earlier case, sources familiar with the case told multiple news […]
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After 17 Police Bullets Killed This N.C. Mom, a Judge Has Dismissed Her Family’s Case
Jada Elizabeth Johnson’s daughter is excelling in kindergarten, absorbing lessons like a sponge and earning high marks that remind her family of Jada. But she still has hard moments, her great-grandfather Rick Iwanski said. The 6-year-old has anxiety, especially at bedtime, when dreams sometimes turn into nightmares of July 1, 2022, when a police officer […]