"The scar of state violence reopened in Minneapolis yesterday morning, January 7, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good in her car within a mile of the site where George Floyd was murdered in 2020. Thousands are mourning and mobilizing around Good nationwide, remembering her as an award-winning poet and writer, an adoring mother, and a beloved wife."
"Bystander recordings from multiple perspectives showed three masked agents approaching Good's vehicle, which was positioned horizontally across a road, and jiggling the door handle while demanding she "get out of the fucking car." Good briefly reversed before veering right as the agents closed in on foot. One agent fired three shots into her vehicle as Good appeared to attempt driving away, and she was fatally struck in the head."
"As footage of the fatal shooting stoked outrage while spreading rapidly across social media, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem called Good's final moments " an act of domestic terrorism," claiming that among a mob of agitators, Good had been "stalking and impeding" the ICE agents' lawful operations all day before "weaponizing her vehicle in an attempt to run a law enforcement officer over.""
Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, award-winning poet, mother, and wife, was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis near the George Floyd murder site. Bystander footage shows three masked agents approaching her car, demanding she "get out of the fucking car," after which an agent fired three shots that struck her in the head as she appeared to attempt to drive away. Her car subsequently collided with parked vehicles and an onlooker who identified as a physician was not permitted to check for a pulse. Homeland Security and presidential statements characterized her actions as violent amid a recent large-scale ICE deployment.
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