The world watches Minneapolis after Renee Good shooting
January 12th, 2026
By Bryce Haugen
Additional reporting by Alicia Underlee Nelson
Five and a half years later and one mile away from George Floyd’s murder, Minneapolis is once again at the epicenter of a law enforcement-related death that has reverberated around the world. On the morning of Jan. 7, Renee Nicole Good,, an American citizen and award-winning poet who recently moved to the Twin Cities from Kansas City with her six year old son, was shot three times in the face by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent as she — according to video evidence — turned her wheels away from the officers on Portland Avenue and 34th Street in Minneapolis.
The spin from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was nearly immediate. Within hours, Noem blamed the 37-year-old woman for her own death, saying she used her vehicle as a weapon and falsely claiming the ICE agent was injured and treated at a hospital.
Vice President JD Vance doubled down at a press briefing on Jan. 8, calling Good’s death “a tragedy of her own making” and that she was a “deranged leftist” and “domestic terrorist.” That morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation kicked the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension off the case, but Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is independently gathering evidence for a possible state prosecution of the agent, Jonathan Ross.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the administration’s account was “bullsh*t” and told ICE to “get the f*ck out of Minneapolis.” On X over the weekend, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz posted: “The hearts and minds of the people are on our side. We will do everything we can to seek justice. We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate and at the ballot box. Keep the peace and keep the faith.”
Joel Powell, a Minnesota State University Moorhead criminal justice professor, said although he’s not an expert on use of force, “as more evidence is made available to the public, it becomes more apparent that the shooting was not necessary and was contrary to accepted police practice.”
“In the toxic atmosphere created by the deployment of ICE and Border Patrol to American cities, we need calm, dispassionate reporting from competent journalists like you,” Powell continued, noting he’s not qualified to fully analyze the crucial evidence in this case. “We must see careful investigation from the state of Minnesota. We need these things to counter the speculations and assertions emanating from partisan camps.”
Concerned citizens in Minneapolis and throughout the country wasted no time taking peacefully to the streets to object to what they call a state-sanctioned murder. About 600 people gathered on the Veterans Memorial Bridge between Fargo and Moorhead on Saturday, Jan. 10. People chanted and held signs reading “Due Process for All” and “Abolish ICE,” among dozens of other messages.
It was a part of a National Day of Action organized by the…
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