"Attorneys for Good's family assert that the 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three fatally shot by an ICE officer last week in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was acting within her rights as a legal observer. They said in a statement to USA TODAY that Good and her wife, Becca, came across the ICE operations on their way home, and decided to stop and "observe with the intention of supporting and helping their neighbors.""
"Noem alleged that Good was a "paid agitator" that had been following agents "all day" (Good was killed before 10 a.m. local time). Noem claimed that "rioters began blocking ICE officers" and that Good "weaponized" her vehicle by attempting to run over agents, labeling Good's actions as "domestic terrorism" and those of the officers as "self defense." Multiple eyewitness accounts and video footage from the incident contradict this."
Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother of three, was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis after she and her wife encountered ICE operations shortly after she dropped her son at school. Attorneys say Good was acting as a legal observer and stopped to observe and assist neighbors. The Department of Homeland Security had deployed roughly 2,000 federal agents in targeted operations. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem characterized Good as a paid agitator who had been following agents and alleged she attempted to weaponize her vehicle; multiple eyewitness accounts and video footage contradict those claims. Good was killed before 10 a.m.
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