The wife of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent last week after striking him with her vehicle, is speaking out. In a statement to Minnesota Public Radio, Becca Good wrote that Renee “was made of sunshine.”
Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow,” she said. “Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.”
Renee and Becca had just settled in Minneapolis with their son, whom Renee had from her late husband. In her statement, Becca said that the couple found a “vibrant and welcoming community” in Minneapolis where they were able to make friends and “spread joy.”
“Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor,” she wrote. “That has been taken from me forever.
Becca claimed that she and Renee merely dropped by “ICE protests” to support their neighbors. “We had whistles. They had guns,” she said.
She did not, however, address Renee’s left-wing activist history or the fact that she was part of an organization that tracked and, ultimately, harassed ICE agents during the performance of their duties – activity that, ultimately, led to her death.
According to the New York Post, ICE Watch is a leftist activist group that Renee was involved with. The organization focuses on tracking and resisting immigration enforcement operations through mobile apps and a rapid response hotline.
The local branch, Minnesota ICE Watch, describes itself as “an autonomous collective dedicated to documenting, archiving, and resisting ICE, police, and all colonial militarized regimes,” as stated on its Instagram page.
The group encourages activists to report “tips and sightings” of ICE agents 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via its Instagram account, MN ICE Watch.
Group organizers implore members and others in communities to report sightings with details about “how many agents are present” and if “they are detaining/ kidnapping someone” along with where they are operating, according to the Instagram page.
They also ask operatives to list “what weapons” agents are carrying along with “what vehicles are they present with.” A repost recently promoted training on “how to stand with…neighbors and assert their rights against these illegal injustices across MN and the rest of the Midwest!”
The group, which has chapters nationwide including in New York City, does not appear to explicitly instruct activists to interfere with arrests.
The Minnesota chapter, however, reportedly promoted an Instagram post that outlined how to “de-arrest” an individual.
As for Becca Good, video circulating on social media shows her antagonizing what appears to be the ICE agent who shot Renee:
Federal officials maintain the officer fired after Good’s vehicle moved toward agents during a law enforcement operation, a characterization defended by Homeland Security leadership as necessary to protect lives, and which appears to be substantiated by the video above.
Critics — mostly Democratic local officials and Good’s family — contend the use of deadly force was unjustified and have questioned the federal account of events. But many law enforcement officers and ranking officials disagree.
Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling shared his thoughts during a segment on Fox News that began circulating on the social media platform X on Thursday.
While Snelling did not specifically address the situation in Minneapolis, he did address the broader situation regarding vehicles being used against officers.
Snelling began by tackling the unfounded claims by some – including other police officials – that ICE agents aren’t considered law enforcement. “Federal agents — ICE, HSI — are officers. They are agents of law enforcement,” he said during a press briefing.
“If you box them in with vehicles, it is reasonable for them to believe that they are being ambushed, and that this could end in a deadly situation. And it’s reasonable for them to use force based on those conditions. Do not box in any law enforcement officer,” he continued.
“You are breaking the law when you do that, and you are putting yourself in danger,” he said.
