"The 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three was killed by an ICE officer January 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota during what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called "targeted operations" near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Noem alleged that "rioters began blocking ICE officers," claiming that Good "weaponized" her vehicle by attempting to run over agents. Noem labeled Good's actions as "domestic terrorism" and those of the officers as "self defense," but multiple eyewitness accounts and video footage from the incident contradict this."
"The footage shows Good was attempting to leave the scene by turning right when an agent, identified as 43-year-old Jonathan Ross, circled her vehicle from the front and opened fire into her driver's seat window. The vehicle then crashed into a nearby light post, with Ross then walking away from the wreckage uninjured. Footage Ross took from his own cellphone shows that he was not in the path of the vehicle, and that he called Good a "fucking bitch" after firing."
"Renee Nicole Good's family has released the results of an independent autopsy commissioned as part of an ongoing civil investigation into her killing. The autopsy, first reported by , is consistent with reports from first responders on the scene, which found there were three gunshots on Good's body. There was one shot in her left forearm, one through her right breast, and one in the left side of her temple that exited on the other side."
An independent autopsy found three gunshot wounds on Renee Nicole Good: left forearm, right breast, and a left-temple shot that exited the other side. Good was killed by an ICE officer on January 7 in Minneapolis near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the operation as "targeted operations," claimed Good "weaponized" her vehicle, and labeled her actions "domestic terrorism" and officers' conduct "self defense." Eyewitness accounts and video footage contradict those claims. Video shows an agent identified as Jonathan Ross circle Good's vehicle and fire into the driver's window while she attempted to turn right; the car then struck a light post and Ross walked away uninjured. Ross's cellphone footage shows he was not in the vehicle's path and includes him cursing at Good after firing. The Department of Justice confiscated the vehicle, preventing family attorneys from accessing it, and the family retained civil rights lawyer Antonio M. Romanucci.
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