ICE fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three, yesterday morning in Minneapolis, Minnesota, just a few blocks from where former police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd. The response to Good's wrongful killing was similar in that thousands of people flooded the streets of Minneapolis and cities across America in protest. People have become accustomed to seeing Black and brown lives ended by state-sanctioned violence; however, Good's death will probably be a wake-up call for some that this country's “blue” bloodlust will not be bound by gender, social status, and certainly not race.
If you are reading this as one of the newly awakened, welcome to the resistance.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey refused to filter himself when he addressed the public about Good's senseless murder.
“I have a message for our community, our city, and I have a message for ice to ICE: get the fk out of Minneapolis,” he said.
It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump and his league of obsequious bootlickers are working overtime to spin Good's death as her fault. Here's what he had to say via Truth Social in response:
“The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very erratic, obstructing and resisting her, who then violently, intentionally and viciously ran over the ICE officer, who appears to have shot her in self-defense.
ICE marks Good's attempt to flee the accusing agents as an “act of domestic terrorism”, and they are supported by narrative-spinning Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who claimed that Good “stalked and harassed” the immigration agents all day before the shooting.
According to CBS NewsIllinois Congresswoman Robin Kelly says she plans to file articles of impeachment against Noem on behalf of Good and all those harmed by ICE.
“[Noem] has turned ICE into a rogue force, in violation of the Constitution, tearing families apart, and leaving death in its wake,” she wrote in part. “From Chicago to Minneapolis, their recklessness cost lives, including Renee Nicole Good. This is not only dangerous – it is impeachable. I'm fighting back.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also released a lengthy message in response to Good's death.
Rest in Peace, Renee Nicole Good. America mourns your death and curses those who enabled, supported and lied on behalf of ICE.
