The fallout from the fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good has been intense and widespread.
Good, a US citizen, was shot three times at close range by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this week, prompting a wave of dismay and furious backlash.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, which occurred on the morning of January 7, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that ICE agents were confronted while performing their duties, and a spokesperson described Good as having “weaponized her vehicle” in an attempt to strike officers.
DHS officials said the ICE officer involved fired in self-defense, saving his own life and those of fellow agents.
“An ICE officer fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow officers and the lives of the public, fired defensive shots, used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said. “The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. Thankfully, the ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries.”
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said of the ICE officer who fired the shots: “Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital.”
A disingenuous take at best, at worst a blatant lie manufactured to defend the shooting of Good (who can be seen in video footage steering away from the ICE agent in question), Trump’s inflammatory statement added fuel to what was already a hotly-burning fire.
Minneapolis city officials, politicians, and community members strongly disagreed with the federal account.
Members of the Minneapolis City Council issued a statement calling Good “a member of our community” and demanding accountability.
“This morning an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a member of our community,” the council said. “Anyone who kills someone in our city deserves to be arrested, investigated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Speaking to the Minnesota Star Tribune, Good’s mother, Donna Granger, described her late daughter as “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known.”
“She was extremely compassionate,” Ganger told the Tribune. “She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
A woman who claimed to have lived across the street from Good and her partner in Kansas City described the couple as quiet homebodies who lived with a young son and didn’t appear to be activists.
This runs contrary to other reports suggesting that Good was an activist who was intentionally attempting to obstruct ICE agents attempting to serve the interests of the federal government. The NY Post today described Good as ‘an anti-ICE “warrior” and was part of a group of activists who worked to “document and resist” the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.’
“I can’t see this having been like a premeditated thing on their part, and I think it’s just senseless,” Jennifer Ferguson, who said she lived across the street from Good and her partner for a year and a half, told NBC News.
“I just pray that we don’t have more violence over it.”
A friend of Good’s partner, meanwhile, told NBC News that the couple moved to Minneapolis last summer, having lived in Canada for a time after leaving Kansas City in 2024.
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