"In the hours after the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three, gut-wrenching footage of her killing was released, discrediting initial claims from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and the Department of Justice that she was shot in self-defense. As a response to the public outcry, the Trump administration and a chorus of conservative public figures unleashed a litany of dehumanizing and defamatory remarks about Good,"
"The state-backed messaging that Good was the wrong kind of white woman, therefore, was a foregone conclusion The Fox News host Jesse Watters derided Good's queer identity, and mocked her as a self-proclaimed poet from Colorado with pronouns in her bio. The homeland security secretary Kristi Noem vilified Good as a domestic terrorist who weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to run over officers a patently false comment."
Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three, was fatally shot on 7 January. Video footage undermined initial claims from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice that she had been shot in self-defense. Prominent conservative figures and administration officials responded with dehumanizing and defamatory remarks attacking her identity, political views, and character. Officials publicly made false claims, including labeling her a domestic terrorist and alleging she weaponized her vehicle. The justice department opened a criminal investigation into alleged ties between her widow and activist groups, prompting multiple federal prosecutors to resign in protest.
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