Tag: Jonathan Ross

  • Federal Goons in Minneapolis, by Susu Jeffrey

    Federal Goons in Minneapolis, by Susu Jeffrey

    Pictured: ICE agent Jonathan Ross, 43, of Chaska MN, who shot Renee Good to death on January 7, 2026

    Federal Goons in Minneapolis

    By Susu Jeffrey / Original to Wings of Change / February 6, 2026

    The two masked federal officials who shot intensive care nurse Alex Pretti are Texans, Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez. Ochoa, 43, joined Border Patrol in 2018; Gutierrez, 35, has been with Customs and Border Protection since 2018. The January 24 killing of Pretti has been ruled a homicide, that is, an unlawful killing of a person.

    Although Pretti’s autopsy has not been released he was shot perhaps 10 times according to a The New York Times frame by frame review of video footage. Ochoa and Gutierrez were whisked out of Minneapolis soon after killing Pretti as part of the federal brotherhood protective practice.

    Jonathan Ross, 43, who shot Renee Good three times plus a bullet graze while she was sitting in her car on January 7 has a long military career. He served with the Indiana National Guard in Iraq in 2004-5 as a machine gunner on a combat patrol truck.

    In 2007 Ross joined the U.S. Border Patrol and worked out of El Paso, Texas. He moved to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2015, working in a deportation unit. Ross is a firearms instructor, on a SWAT team and specializes in tracking down “higher value targets.” Ross lives in “a large house on a quiet street” in Chaska, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. He is described by his father as a “conservative Christian.”

    ICE is the wealthiest law enforcement agency in the country. Ross’ Minneapolis attorney, Chris Madel. a law enforcement defender, ended his gubernatorial run after the Pretti murder saying “national Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.” However Madel said he  still supported President Trump’s cliché about the immigration hunt for “the worst of the worst.”

    The Twin Cities are still overrun with armed, masked enforcers (at least 2000) who are terrorizing citizens into staying at home, and missing school and work. Business is suffering. Nevertheless, thousands and thousands of peaceful neighbors turn out for frequent demonstrations and attended the February 3 political caucuses. Besides the regular protests, neighborhoods are organized to act if ICE comes into their territory, trained legal observers are tracking ICE agents, and people are donating food and other items to distribution centers. People are also delivering food to those who are housebound by choice. Others are driving to and picking up children to and from school. Defying and standing up to ICE in Minnesota is a community effort.

    Susu Jeffrey is a poet and writer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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  • Renee Good is the Next George Floyd, by Susu Jeffrey

    Renee Good is the Next George Floyd, by Susu Jeffrey

    Does what I saw make Agent Jonathan Ross, like Derek Chauvin, guilty of murder?

    Renee Good is the Next George Floyd

    By Susu Jeffrey / Original to Wings of Change / January 10, 2026

    And how many more will there be? Is this about a woman murdered by a federalized cop? Is this about national powers versus states’ rights—a judicial Civil War?

    There are several videos of the crucial seconds taken from slightly different angles where the view is significantly different. The video that I saw repeatedly on WCCO 4 News, the video with the widest view of the back and drivers’ side of the car showed ICE Agent Jonathan Ross’ right hand pulling out his pistol before Renee Good’s car moved.

    Agent Ross was in the background facing toward the front of the car with another agent standing foreground at the drivers’ side window. That placement was the focus of the view. I did not notice Ross’ hand movement at first. At my second viewing I noticed Agent Ross’ right hand unholster his gun. OMG! On my third viewing, yes, I absolutely saw the gun pulled out and then heard shots.

    The car slowly curves away from the shooter who may have been brushed lightly by the outside rounded left headlight. He was not hit or knocked down or unbalanced. The car accelerates down the street and bashes into a parked car. Agent Ross runs after the car, not limping. You have to pay to see that video now. He shot Renee Good point blank in the face.

    Congress shall
    make no law
    abridging the
    freedom of speech
    or the right
    of the people
                 peaceably to assemble.

    Peaceably may include yelling, cursing, chanting and waving flags but not throwing snowballs or touching. Spitting on someone equals assault. Police training includes crowd control but apparently not enough police control. The problem with hurling verbal insults at poorly trained ICE agents sometimes results in violent responses from them.

    Does what I saw make Agent Jonathan Ross, like Derek Chauvin, guilty of murder? Yes, from what I saw with my own eyes, burned into my visual memory. Could the ICE agent have stepped away from the car? Probably since he had time to aim and fire repeatedly. Did Agent Ross think before he shot Renee Good or was he out of control? Since he drew his weapon and fired quickly before the car rolled away, I saw someone who acted without thinking. Does the ubiquitous arming of police promote everyday violence? Duh!

    So now Minneapolis will live through another paroxysm of grief, hate, despair, loathing and probably miss any sweet milk of forgiveness via justice since President Trump will undoubtedly pardon murderer Ross. There will be a judicial war between the state and the nation to further shake our pillars of democracy in this 250th birthday year of our experiment in self-governing. We’re on a teeter totter.

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