MINNEAOPLIS — The woman who was shot and killed by a Trump deportation agent in Minneapolis was from Minneapolis. Authorities identified her as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citozens mother who held an American Academy of Poets prize. Formerly she co-hosted a podcast with her husband. A few hours after the shooting, as soon as Good was identified, the Minneapolis City Council released a statement declaring that she had died “caring for her neighbors.” The shooting occurred near Powderhorn Park, where Trump’s U.S. Immigration Control and Enforcement agents had launched a raid to arrest immigrants for deportation. ICE ra8ds have been extremely unpopular in Minneapolis, and a community group quickly mobilized a protest demonstration. It was believed that Good was there among protesters who were exercising their constitutional right to express grievances against government excesses and demand redress. In a Minnesota Star Tribune interview, Good’s mother Donna Ganger said:
“She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Granger said her daughter was “probably terrified” during the confrontation. Video of the episode showed Good driving away from the heart of the demonstration when she was shot though her car window at extremely close range. Th audio picked up two shots, perhaps three.
Good. She was dead on arrival at a hospital despite resuscitation attempts at the scene.
Trump trash talk
Even as the shooting scene was still unsettled, the Trump team tried to control public impressions of what happened. The tactic was. simple: Demonize the woman who was shot and heroize the ICE agent who shot her. Within an hour Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, told reporters in Texas, where she was traveling, that the slain woman was a “domestic terrorist.” This was before any facts about the circumstances had been established — even before anyone knew anything about Renee Nicole Good, not even her name. Also without any factual basis, a Noem aide in Washington declared that the victim “weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them.” Noem ssaid her CE age had acted in self-defense and to save fellow agents. Trump himself soon added to the make-believe narrative. He said he had seen video that the driver “ran over” an officer. Factcheck: No video showed any officer being run over. In response to the Trump and Noem fabrications, Minneapolis authorities were fiTrm. Mayor Jacob Frey said he had seen video and called the Trump account “bullshit.” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz added: “Don’t believe this propaganda machine.”