Who is Renee Nicole Goode, the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis?
ICE shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Who is this self-proclaimed “poet and mother from Colorado”?
Roughly a week after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good during a militarized immigration crackdown ordered by President Donald Trump, tensions have escalated in Minneapolis with another shooting involving federal agents.
The incident occurred Wednesday night during a dispute in front of a residence in a north Minneapolis neighborhood, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. The man, who the Department of Homeland Security said was a Venezuelan national residing in the United States without authorization, was shot in the leg.
The agency described the incident as an “ambush” and said the man fled in his car during a “targeted traffic stop,” crashing into a parked vehicle and then driving off on foot. After one of the federal agents attempted to arrest the man, two others from a nearby apartment arrived and all three began attacking the officer, DHS said.
“The officer fired defensive fire in fear for his life and safety as he was ambushed by three individuals,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. The police officer and the man were hospitalized, and the two people involved in the assault were taken into custody.
The shooting came after days of chaotic clashes in Minneapolis, where heavily armed federal agents stopped people on the street. Demonstrations against the Trump administration and federal immigration enforcement have erupted across the United States since Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot and killed.
Renee Good’s family on Wednesday revealed new details about what she was doing in the hours leading up to the Jan. 7 shooting that sparked protests across the United States.
In a statement calling Good a “beautiful light in our family,” the woman’s four siblings, parents and attorney said the shooting was the result of a chance encounter after dropping her 6-year-old child off at school. After dropping off their children, Good and his wife, Becca Good, were driving with their dog when they encountered federal agents processing immigration in their neighborhood, according to family members and their attorney. Lawyers for the family said the couple stopped to “observe and assist their neighbors.”
“We would like to thank everyone who has supported Renee and our family. The constant care we have received during this time is exactly what Renee has given everyone,” the family said in a letter shared with USA TODAY. “Nae was a beautiful light in our family and brought joy to everyone she met. She had a relentless sense of hope and optimism that was contagious. We already miss her more than words can express.”
-Michael Loria
Nearly six years after former police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, the city has been left in the throes of grief and anger. And activism.
“We are completely traumatized. People are deeply traumatized,” said former Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins. “It’s just six blocks from where George Floyd was killed, and it’s literally like the same people. Same community, same people, the whole city.”
Renee Good, a white mother, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in her car on January 7th. It happened not far from where Floyd, a black man, was killed.
In the days after George Floyd’s murder, things changed. There have been no violent and destructive protests. However, the city center is destroyed again.
“It’s been relentless and people are exhausted,” Jenkins said. read more.
-Suzette Hackney
Federal agents have detained several Native Americans as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
The detention of at least five men in and around Minneapolis has sparked an outcry among Native American groups who say they are being racially characterized as illegal immigrants by federal immigration officials. Minneapolis is one of the largest urban centers for Native Americans. The group said the cases involved four men experiencing homelessness and one man accused by ICE of “violently” assaulting a police officer.
“It’s very unpleasant and ironic that the first people who lived on this land would be asked questions about their citizenship,” said Jacqueline de Leon, senior staff attorney at the nonprofit Native American Rights Fund and a member of Isleta Pueblo. “Yet, that’s exactly what we’re seeing.”
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-Eduardo Cuevas
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey renewed his call for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the city after a federal agent shot a man in the leg. He noted that the incident was the second shooting in Minneapolis in a week, sparking public outrage and following days of unrest in the city.
“This is not sustainable. This is an impossible situation our city is in right now,” Frey said at a news conference Wednesday night. “And at the same time, we’re trying to find ways to move forward to keep people safe, protect our neighbors, and maintain order.”
The mayor said residents are asking for a “very limited number” of local police officers to “fight ICE agents on the streets and stand by our neighbors.”
Frey noted that the city has only about 600 police officers, compared to about 3,000 federal immigration agents in the region. “We don’t have a situation in America right now where two government agencies are literally fighting each other,” Frey said.
Frey said the presence of federal immigration agents throughout the city and state is “causing chaos.” The mayor reiterated his criticism of immigration enforcement, but also condemned hostile protests in the city and urged people to go home.
“I’ve seen ICE conduct, and it’s disgusting and intolerable. It wouldn’t be acceptable in your city, it wouldn’t be acceptable there,” he said at a news conference Wednesday.
Hundreds of protesters gathered near the scene of the shooting Wednesday night and clashed with federal agents who fired gas and rubber bullets, local media reported. The mayor praised the peaceful demonstrators but called on residents to remain calm and discourage violent demonstrations.
“We can’t counter Donald Trump’s chaos with our own chaos,” Frey added. “And I’ve seen thousands of people protesting peacefully in the streets. I applaud those who have protested peacefully. You’re not helping the people who are taking the bait. And you’re not helping the illegal immigrants in our city.”
Contributed by: Reuters
