Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by a federal agent on Wednesday, was reportedly associated with an anti-ICE coalition to “document and resist” the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Ms. Good became involved in the group known as “ICE Watch,” first reported by the New York Post as a loose network of activists dedicated to disrupting ICE raids in the sanctuary city, through her son’s school.
She sent her son to Southside Family Charter School, a K-5 academy with an “unabashedly dedicated to social justice education.” The school’s website states that it offers “an academically challenging, socially conscious education.”
Multiple sources told the outlet that Ms. Good received training on how to engage with ICE officers during enforcement actions.
“She was trained against these ICE agents,” a woman identified as Leesa told the Post at a vigil at the shooting site. “To listen to commands, to know your rights, to whistle when you see an ICE agent.”
A new video from the perspective of the ICE officer involved in the shooting shows Ms. Good’s wife, Rebecca Brown Good, just before the deadly interaction.
“You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy,” she tells the officer filming Renee Good’s maroon Honda Pilot SUV.
As the officer walks toward the front of the vehicle, Renee Good reverses briefly and begins to pull forward as her wife says, “Drive, baby, drive” while trying to open the passenger door.
Meanwhile, an ICE officer approaches the SUV and attempts to open the driver’s door.
The camera angle then veers away from the car — when the Department of Homeland Security says the officer was struck by the vehicle — and gunshots can be heard.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem characterized the fatal shooting as an “act of domestic terrorism,” alleging that Renee Good had been “stalking, impeding, and blocking” ICE officers throughout the day.
President Trump dubbed her a “professional agitator,” but her mother, Donna Ganger, told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that she “would never have been part of anything like that.”
Rebecca Good was filmed in distress immediately after the incident.
“I made her come down here; it’s my fault,” she said. “They shot her in the head. I have a 6-year-old in school.”
