On January 7th, 2026, whistles blew on the streets of Minneapolis. This was to send an alert about immigration officers in the city, a technique that many protesters have taken to nowadays with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, or ICE, patrolling the streets of many US cities. A woman named Renee Good, 37, stopped her Honda Pilot SUV as part of this alert to block traffic in the street. She was surrounded by government vehicles and ICE officers.

An ICE officer approached Good’s car and demanded her to get out, and then grabbed the driver’s door handle. Then, the car began to move forward and he jumped back., Within seconds another ICE officer pulled out his gun and fired at least three times through the open side window, fatally wounding Good, an American citizen and a mother of 3. After Good was shot, she lost control of the car and it crashed into another car parked on the street. The whole thing was caught on video.

After the incident, a man asked to help Good, saying that he was a physician, and was denied by the ICE officers at the scene, who said that they had their own doctors at the site, even though Good had not yet received medical attention. When he said that he was a physician, the officer told him, “I don’t care.”

ICE agents are supposed to be trained to de-escalate situations such as these, and the officer’s behavior in this situation did the complete opposite.

Officials in the Trump Administration justified the shooting later by saying that Good was a “domestic terrorist.” They also claimed that Good tried to run over the officer when video shows that she was trying to pull away. Trump commented that, ”At the minimum that woman was very, very disrespectful to law enforcement.” JD Vance, the US Vice President, said that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Good, had “absolute immunity.”

Good’s family suffers loss after her death, and people across the country mourn her undeserved passing. People close to her describe her as a good person, the complete opposite of the horrible terrorist the government has painted her as. “Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled,” said Becca Good, Renee’s partner, who will now have to raise their three children without her. Her mom, Donna, described Renee as “an extraordinary mother, devoted, fiercely loving, and always putting her children at the center of the world. She was full of heart and never defined by malice.” 

At Portland Street and 34th Avenue in Minneapolis, a Renee Good memorial has been built. Around the nation, people have gathered to mourn Good’s death and protest ICE in American neighborhoods. She will be missed and forever remembered nationwide.

Cites –

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/trump-shooting-renee-good-ice.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/rennee-good-ice-shooting-minnesota.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/we-had-whistles-they-had-guns-says-wife-of-minnesota-woman-killed-by-ice-agent

https://people.com/doctor-tried-to-help-woman-shot-by-ice-but-was-blocked-by-agents-11881473

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-victim-caring-neighbor-rcna252901