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Renee Good’s Family Sues, Amber Guyger Granted Parole & Rick Ross Arrested · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: The family of Renee Good is taking their fight for
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  Speaker 1: accountability to federal court.
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  Speaker 2: Today, we announced two historic federal lawsuits.
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  Speaker 1: And a major development in the Botham John case seven
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  Speaker 1: years after Amber Geiger was convicted of his murder. And
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  Speaker 1: Rick Ross is facing serious domestic violence charges after an
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  Speaker 1: alleged incident inside his Miami Beach home.
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  Speaker 3: I have no idea who you are, except there's somebody
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  Speaker 3: here in the court who's going to be treated fairly
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  Speaker 3: just like everybody else here.
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  Speaker 1: It's Monday, October 5th. From the Black Effect Podcast Network,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Amy Brown. This is Front Page, and here are
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  Speaker 1: the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. The family of
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  Speaker 1: Renee Good is now suing the federal government and several
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration officials over her killing by an ICE agent
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  Speaker 1: in Minneapolis. Renee was 37 years old and a mother
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  Speaker 1: of three. Back in January, she was shot and killed
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  Speaker 1: by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, during the federal immigration
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  Speaker 1: crackdown known as Operation Metro CERD. Her family has now
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  Speaker 1: filed two federal lawsuits. One is a wrongful death lawsuit
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  Speaker 1: against the federal government. The other names Ross and several
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration officials accusing them of violating Renee's civil rights
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  Speaker 1: and creating the policies her family says led to her death.
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  Speaker 1: Here's Renee's family attorney announcing the lawsuits.
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  Speaker 2: Our government is killing our citizens without any legal justification. Folks,
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  Speaker 2: we live in a democracy, not a dictatorship. Today, we
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  Speaker 2: announced two historic federal lawsuits taking on the Trump's administration
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  Speaker 2: unconstitutional acts during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis. Thousands and
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  Speaker 2: thousands of agents were deployed. They were deployed, allegedly, to
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  Speaker 2: deport what's called the, quote, worst of the worst. But
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  Speaker 2: what happened went far beyond that scope. It ensnared an
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  Speaker 2: inexcusable number of good and decent people, including Renee Good.
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  Speaker 1: And here's what happened that day. Renee and her partner
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  Speaker 1: had just dropped off their six-year-old son at school when
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  Speaker 1: they came across federal immigration officers in their neighborhood. Renee
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  Speaker 1: stopped her SUV and honked her horn to warn people
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  Speaker 1: that immigration officers were there. Her partner got out and
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  Speaker 1: started recording. Video shows officers telling Renee to get out
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  Speaker 1: of the car. Renee begins turning the SUV. An officer
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  Speaker 1: standing in front of the vehicle fires through the windshield.
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  Speaker 1: As the SUV turns away, he fires two more times.
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  Speaker 1: Federal officials say the officer acted in self-defense. At the time,
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration officials described Renee's actions as an act of
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  Speaker 1: domestic terrorism. Her family strongly disputes that. They say Renee
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  Speaker 1: wasn't under investigation, wasn't the person ICE was looking for,
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  Speaker 1: and should still be alive. Ross has not been criminally charged.
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  Speaker 1: The family is asking for damages and a jury trial.
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  Speaker 1: The Trump administration says the lawsuits are baseless and that
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  Speaker 1: they will fight them in court. And former Dallas police
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  Speaker 1: officer Amber Geiger has been granted parole after serving seven
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  Speaker 1: years for killing Botham John inside his own apartment. The
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  Speaker 1: Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles approved her release seven
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  Speaker 1: years to the day after she was convicted of murder.
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  Speaker 1: The board has not said exactly when she'll get out,
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  Speaker 1: but once she does, she'll serve the rest of her
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  Speaker 1: 10-year sentence under supervision. If you remember this case, Botham
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  Speaker 1: John was 26 years old. He was a black accountant
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  Speaker 1: from St.
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  Speaker 2: Lucia.
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  Speaker 1: In September of 2018, he was inside his own Dallas
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  Speaker 1: apartment eating ice cream when Geiger walked in and shot him.
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  Speaker 1: Geiger was off-duty but still in uniform. She said she
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  Speaker 1: went to the wrong floor, thought she had walked into
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  Speaker 1: her own apartment, and believed Botham was an intruder. A
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  Speaker 1: jury convicted her of murder and sentenced her to 10
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  Speaker 1: years in prison. She first came up for parole in
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  Speaker 1: 2024 and was denied. This time, the board approved it.
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  Speaker 1: They pointed to her behavior in prison, completion of programs,
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  Speaker 1: and the fact that she has not had a documented
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  Speaker 1: pattern of violent arrest or conviction. Botham John's family opposed
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  Speaker 1: her release. They had long argued that 10 years was
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  Speaker 1: already too short for taking a life. And the family
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  Speaker 1: is still pursuing a civil case connected to the nearly
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  Speaker 1: $ 100 million judgment awarded over Botham's death. And rapper Rick
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  Speaker 1: Ross has been arrested on domestic violence charges in Miami Beach. Ross,
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  Speaker 1: whose legal name is William Roberts, turned himself into police
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  Speaker 1: last week. He's charged with felony battery and strangulation and
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  Speaker 1: misdemeanor battery. Police say the charges come from an alleged
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  Speaker 1: incident at his Star Island home back in August. According
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  Speaker 1: to the report, a woman who says she had been
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  Speaker 1: in a relationship with Ross for about a year and
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  Speaker 1: was living with him told police the argument started over
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  Speaker 1: a picture she was tagged in on Instagram. She says
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  Speaker 1: Ross accused her of being involved with another man. And
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  Speaker 1: that's when she says things turned violent. She told police
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  Speaker 1: Ross slapped her and hit her several times and choked
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  Speaker 1: her by twisting the collar of her hoodie until she
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  Speaker 1: couldn't breathe. She also says he grabbed her by the hair,
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  Speaker 1: slammed her against the wall, and hit her in the face,
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  Speaker 1: leaving her with a busted lip. Police say they have
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  Speaker 1: photos and surveillance video.
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  Speaker 4: Not only were our investigators able to obtain a victim statement,
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  Speaker 4: but they also collected photographs of the injuries, surveillance video
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  Speaker 4: of the alleged incident.
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  Speaker 1: Ross appeared before the judge after his arrest. The judge
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  Speaker 1: said his bond.
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  Speaker 4: Mr. Roberts is a celebrity.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't know. So what does that mean?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever.
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  Speaker 4: Your honor can but i'd ask that that his release
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  Speaker 4: be expedited he's in a red jumpsuit and for purposes
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  Speaker 4: of his safety i don't know what your.
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  Speaker 3: Honor can do i don't know hi mr roberts i
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  Speaker 3: have no idea who you are except as somebody here
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  Speaker 3: in the court who's going to be treated fairly just
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  Speaker 3: like everybody else here Let me review this for probable cause.
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  Speaker 1: $ 5, 000 ordered him to stay away from the woman and
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  Speaker 1: ordered him to surrender any firearms. Ross later posted bond
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  Speaker 1: and walked out of jail. And when reporters asked him
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  Speaker 1: about the allegations, here's what he had to say.
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  Speaker 4: I'm totally innocent of these fabricated allegations made against me.
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  Speaker 1: Ross's arraignment is scheduled for October 22nd. He has pled
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  Speaker 1: not guilty. That's your front page. I'm Mimi Brown. This
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