"Who was Renee Good, the woman murdered by ICE this last week? She was a mother, a wife, a poet, a creative. She was queer. She was a U.S. Citizen, " jus soli" (translation: having rights to the soil).She was present during an ICE operation on January 7. And, from a certain standpoint, her very existence as a queer person in America today doesn't just make her an activist; it makes her a voice for the voiceless."
"There is something deeply unsettling with the many angles of video - looped on national and social media - clearly showing ICE agents were not in any clear and present danger from Good. The videos show her in the car, non-aggressively signaling for other cars to go around, audibly telling ICE officials to "go around" and that she wasn't mad at them."
"How did it end? With at least two shots. A fatal shot (reportedly to the head) took the life of a 37-year-old mother of three with no as-of-yet reported criminal history - a citizen, on the soil to which she had rights. She has become the fifth known person to die at the hands of reckless ICE agents since the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns intensified."
Renee Good was a 37-year-old mother of three, a wife, a poet, a creative, and a queer U.S. citizen by jus soli who was present during an ICE operation on January 7. Video footage circulating nationally shows her remaining nonaggressive in her car, signaling other vehicles to pass and audibly telling ICE officials to "go around" and that she was not angry. At least two shots were fired, including a fatal shot reportedly to the head. The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security labeled her a "domestic terrorist" on the day she was killed, and communities marched demanding ICE leave neighborhoods.
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