Reports say woman killed by ICE was part of LGBTQ community

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday as she tried to flee from law enforcement in her car during a protest.

of star tribune The newspaper identified the victim as Renee Nicole Good, 37, of Minneapolis, who lived a few blocks from where she was shot in the Central District, according to the report. Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, told the Star Tribune that her daughter lives in the Twin Cities with her wife.

Multiple videos of the shooting have gone viral on social media. Showing fatal accidents from various angles The footage also includes footage of Good getting into a car and attempting to flee from law enforcement officers with their weapons drawn.

in videoAs the ICE officer tried to arrest Good, he can be heard telling him to “get out of the damn car.” Good, who was married to a woman, ended up crashing his car into a utility pole and another vehicle, according to reports. She was later transported from the scene of the shooting and died at a hospital.

President Donald Trump defended ICE agents on Truth Social, saying they were run over “maliciously.” This claim is consistent with the following claim. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s Situation Assessment. Noem, a Republican from South Dakota, said the officer “fired a defensive shot” at Good after he “tried to run over a law enforcement officer in an attempt to kill him.” This is an act of domestic terrorism.”

Several state and local officials disputed Noem’s claim that the shooting was in self-defense at the same time she made those claims.

Ann instagram account The article, which appears to be from Goode, describes her as a “poet, writer, wife, mother, shitty guitar strummer from Colorado, experience in Minneapolis, Minnesota,” along with a rainbow flag emoji.

video Posted in X After the shooting, the woman believed to be his wife can be seen sitting on the ground crying and saying, “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do.”

“We’ve been dreading this moment since the early days of ICE’s presence in Minneapolis,” Mayor Jacob Frey said at a press conference Wednesday. “I watched the video myself, and I would like to say directly to you, [the DHS’s claim of self-defense] It’s bullshit. This was an agent recklessly exercising power that resulted in someone dying or being killed. ”

“ICE has a message: ICE, get out of Minneapolis,” Frey continued. “We don’t want you here. We said the reason you’re here is to provide some kind of security, but you’re doing the opposite. People are being hurt, families are being torn apart. Long-time residents of Minneapolis who have contributed so much to our city, our culture, our economy are being terrorized, and now someone is dying. It’s your responsibility, and it’s your responsibility to leave.”

Across the Capitol, members of the House and Senate condemned the officers’ actions.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Wednesday night on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight” that “there is no indication that she is a protester, at least nothing that can be seen on video, so there is nothing that would allow the officers on the ground to identify her as the person who attempted to harm ICE officers.”

“No evidence has been presented to justify this killing,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said in a statement. Statement on own website. “The masked ICE officer who pulled the trigger must be criminally investigated to the fullest extent of the law for acting with depraved indifference to human life.”

“ICE just killed a man in Minneapolis,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. Posted in X. “The current administration’s violence against communities across our country is horrifying and dangerous. Oversight Democrats want answers about what happened today. We need an immediate investigation.”

in a statement to defender“Today, a woman was senselessly killed during an ICE action in Minneapolis, a brutal reminder that this agency and the Trump administration are putting all communities at risk, making them unsafe and spreading fear. Reports that she may have been a member of the LGBTQ+ community highlight how the most vulnerable often pay a high price,” Human Rights Campaign President Kelly Robinson wrote.

Kiera Johnson, chair of the National LGBTQ Task Force, also reacted to Goode’s death.

“We mourn the passing of Renee Nicole Good and extend our condolences to her family, loved ones, and community,” Johnson said in a statement. “This loss of life, especially at the hands of federal employees, was preventable and reprehensible.”