WELCH LEADS EVERY SENATE JUDICIARY DEMOCRAT IN CALL TO OPEN A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF RENEE GOOD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, led every Senate Judiciary Democrat in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to heed the calls of career prosecutors and open a civil rights investigation into the death of Ms. Renee Good, who was fatally shot by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minneapolis earlier this month. In their letter to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the Senators emphasize that DOJ's decision not to investigate Ms. Good's killing represents a broader trend of how the Department is ignoring the enforcement of civil rights laws in favor of carryi...