"In the United States, death, deportation, forced disappearance, and state kidnappings against migrants have been normalized. This killing causes significant concern because it's a warning to anyone bearing witness to state terror that they too could be killed if they stand in solidarity with targeted communities. That's the mark of a pending escalation of state repression that necessitates the full participation from the majority to act as bystanders that will either fully support or look the other way as state terror escalates."
"This is the hallmark of how mass forms of state violence move from planning phases to full execution. In such instances, everyday acts of resistance like this from neighbors like Renee Good are key to challenging the ongoing state repression and preventing its escalation, especially when the U.S. has deported and forced out over 2 million immigrants in 2025 alone."
An ICE agent killed volunteer Renee Nicole Good in an extrajudicial act that marks a profound and irreversible escalation against communities committed to justice. The incident is distinct as the first public extrajudicial killing of someone monitoring ICE's actions against neighbors, following prior impunity in killings such as Silverio Villegas González in Chicago. Death, deportation, forced disappearances, and state kidnappings of migrants have been normalized in the United States, and this killing serves as a warning that witnesses and solidarity actors risk lethal reprisal. Everyday neighbor resistance is critical to challenge and prevent further state repression amid over 2 million deportations in 2025.
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