Renee Good and the cost of being good

"Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an immigration enforcement operation. She did not die because she was an agitator. She did not die calling for violence. She didn't die because she was a threat or because she carried a weapon. She died simply for being good, being present, compassionate, and willing to show up for her neighbors. She died trying to do something good."

"Renee was described by those who loved her as kind, creative, gentle. She was a poet, a mother, a friend, and a wife. She was not known as an activist. She was not a leader of a movement. She was not, as some in power have since claimed, a "domestic terrorist." She was a woman living her life, moving through her community, doing what so many of us believe is the bare minimum of human decency."

Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. She intervened to help others, showed compassion, and was unarmed. Witnesses and available evidence do not support claims that she was violent or a threat. Her wife collapsed at the scene, publicly grieving and blaming herself for having brought Renee there. Rather than question the use of lethal force, high-ranking Trump officials demeaned Renee's memory, accused her of sparking the incident, and framed her as violent. Searches about Renee shifted away from who she was toward contested claims.

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