Several media reports give clear indication that the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Jan. 7 was not an act of self-defense. A video compiled by the New York Times shows the ICE agent responsible for the shooting on the side of the vehicle when all three shots are fired, while at the same time, the wheels of the victim’s moving vehicle are turning away from any ICE agents. Several ICE agents quickly left the scene, and crime scene evidence was altered.
Not long after the killing of Good, the FBI offered to conduct a “joint investigation” with Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). However, hours later, the FBI reversed its offer and notified Minnesota officials that it would deny access to all case materials, scene evidence, and investigative interviews to all other law enforcement agencies. The Superintendent of Minnesota’s BCA, Drew Evans, said: “Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands. As a result, the BCA has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said that there is an internal investigation into the conduct of the still-unnamed ICE agent who fired the deadly shots. Noem added that the ICE agent had several years of experience. “He acted according to his training.”
Other administration officials have been quick to condemn the murdered protester as a “terrorist,” and President Donald Trump himself has echoed similar sentiments. Trump posted on Truth Social a commentary from Fox News, saying, “When a vehicle is coming at you and is being used as a weapon, deadly force is justified,” and later told the New York Times that although it’s not the sort of thing he wants to have happen, “She behaved horribly. And then she ran him over. She didn’t try to run him over. She ran him over.”
Minneapolis Public Schools cancelled classes for Jan. 8-9, due to safety concerns related to the shooting. The killing is seen as murder and has sparked protests and outrage across the Twin Cities.
