ICE Kills Young Mother in Minneapolis

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Yesterday morning in Minneapolis, less than a mile from where George Floyds was brutally murdered by police in 2020, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, Christian activist, and award-winning poet, was gunned down in her vehicle by an ICE agent.   Some reports say Ms. Goode came upon the scene of an ICE protest just after she had dropped her six-year-old son at school, while others say she was there acting in the capacity of a "legal observer."   A video of the deadly incident shows her attempting to turn her car around when she was shot through the window three times in the skull.  She died at the scene, and the ICE shooter was apparently spirited away in a government vehicle.

A vigil was held at the scene of the shooting last night, and more protests are planned for today.

The federal government immediately went on the offensive in discussing the killing of the young woman.  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said the victim "attacked" ICE officers and attempted to run them over with her car, statements that were not born out by the video evidence.  

Donald Trump went even further afield in a highly imaginative social media post which began:

"The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE officer who seems to have shot her in self-defense.  Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital."

Video footage from the scene does not show anyone being run over.   

Last Sunday the Trump administration began a process of sending 2,000 federal agents into the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for an immigration "crackdown" which was aimed primarily at the area's large Somali population, a move opposed by the area's congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, (an immigrant who was born in Somalia), and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.  Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants "garbage," and said they contribute "nothing" to our country.

Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis called claims by Noem, Trump, and others that the ICE agent had shot the Renee Good in self-defense "bullshit."  He said the agent was recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.  

In a news conference yesterday after the shooting, Mayor Frey had this message for ICE:

"Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.  We do not want you here."

That sounds like a plan.