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Quiet Em

(2,547 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:03 AM Thursday

Renee Good had just dropped her six year old son off at school and was returning home

https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-9aa822670b705c89906f2c699f1d16c5

Along with her six year old son, Renee had a 15 year old daughter and a 12 year old son.

The con, Noem, Republicans and MAGA are disgusting with their attempts to tarnish this young mother that they murdered.
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Renee Good had just dropped her six year old son off at school and was returning home (Original Post) Quiet Em Thursday OP
The video show why Ms. Good feared for her life. Kid Berwyn Thursday #1
If you look at the beginning of the vids it looks like she was waving them on Jersey Devil Thursday #3
Absolutely! One eyewitness reported she waved for the pickup truck to pass... Kid Berwyn Thursday #4
The woman who filmed all of it ScratchCat Thursday #8
Did not know that. When did protest become a capital offense? Kid Berwyn Thursday #9
Exactly. If I were going to put faith in B.See Yesterday #16
It's legal to protest, we are still Americans no matter what current admin thinks questionseverything Yesterday #18
If she was blocking the street as protest orangecrush Yesterday #25
Its typical tactic to tarnish a person beaten are killed by law enforcement... BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #2
Drug use, traffic tickets, shoplifting... Wednesdays Thursday #5
Clearly not a terrorist. Family should sue Noem Johonny Thursday #6
Both yesterday and today, Noem said that the protesters had been there "all day long" allegorical oracle Thursday #7
I looked up the start time of the elementary schools in the area. Quiet Em Thursday #10
Also, it has been reported on CNN and elsewhere that she was dropping her kid off senseandsensibility Thursday #11
JD said "Don't believe that she was just a Mom out for a drive" underpants Yesterday #26
And Noem, krasnov, and JD would be fine if Ilsa Thursday #12
Exactly, he was clearly unfit for duty if he was that scared of a woman in a mini van questionseverything Thursday #13
I have a Honda the same type and vintage as Ms. Goods. It is smaller than a minivan. John1956PA Yesterday #14
I don't believe he panicked, he decided to make an example questionseverything Yesterday #17
I'm thinking that he used the camera as a ruse to get in position. LakeVermilion Yesterday #28
If we lived in a free country, law enforcement would be searching his phone questionseverything Yesterday #31
Her son could have been killed Blue_Roses Yesterday #15
And if the little boy had died, trump and his goons still wouldn't give a shit. Paladin Yesterday #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Yesterday #19
A Christian lesbian?!?!??!?!?! WHAAAAAT WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #20
Post removed Post removed Yesterday #21
MIRT obamanut2012 Yesterday #22
. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #23
Yes. On Wednesday morning, January 6, the DHS sarcastically posted, "GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!" John1956PA Yesterday #30
Of all the reports I have seen the last couple days I haven't heard anything about doc03 Yesterday #27
It's beginning to look like she was just a confused motorist Ocelot II Yesterday #29

Kid Berwyn

(23,009 posts)
1. The video show why Ms. Good feared for her life.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:40 AM
Thursday

That part of Minneapolis has one-way streets. From the video: she was in a confusing situation -- the street ahead seemed blocked. So, she tried to turn her car around and go against oncoming traffic. She let cars pass and then the pick up truck came up and blocked her. When the "ICE agents" jumped out and ran to grab her door handle, demanding she "get out," the fight-or-flight adrenaline kicked in and she tried to escape unidentified men with drawn guns.

Going from those who knew her, she had no intention of harming anyone -- including ICE agents.

Jersey Devil

(10,739 posts)
3. If you look at the beginning of the vids it looks like she was waving them on
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:51 AM
Thursday

Just before the ICE vehicle stopped she had the window open and seemed to be waving them on to pass her and it looks like they had plenty of room to do so. It does not look to me like she is trying to block them. To the contrary, it looks like she was trying to get out of the way.

Kid Berwyn

(23,009 posts)
4. Absolutely! One eyewitness reported she waved for the pickup truck to pass...
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:56 AM
Thursday

...and that's when they stopped, blocked and assaulted her. She, in no way, was trying to "impede" ICE. She was trying to avoid her approaching doom.

ScratchCat

(2,688 posts)
8. The woman who filmed all of it
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:41 PM
Thursday

Who went on CNN last night stated that she was a protestor, not that she was turning around because she was confused. I don't know what else she knows to base that upon, but she said she witnessed the event for 30-60 seconds before the shooting. So she must have seen more that happened before what's on the clip.

Note: I don't know why she was in the street. Just telling you that the woman who filmed this stated she was a protestor alerting people to the presence of ICE.

Kid Berwyn

(23,009 posts)
9. Did not know that. When did protest become a capital offense?
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:49 PM
Thursday

I'll go with what her mom says about her: "She was an amazing human being."

Over what Kristi Noem said about her: Renee Nicole Good was a "violent rioter" and "domestic terrorist" who ran over a federal officer with her car.

B.See

(7,806 posts)
16. Exactly. If I were going to put faith in
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 02:38 AM
Yesterday

what someone has to say about Renee Good, it'd be the people who knew her best, who knew who she was, rather than some woman who saw Renee for all of 60 seconds (??) and somehow showed up on CNN to tell us all about her.

Trump, Vance, Noem etc. are trying to PROJECT their own evil upon the victim.

Because, the DOMESTIC TERRORISTS are the ones sending armed, masked, unidentified goons into peaceful American neighbourhoods, under false pretexts to terrorize its citizenry.

The one who speaks of 'training' soldiers via combat in American cities.

The one who demonizes whole groups of Black and Brown people, because he, they, want a White America...

and his mascara wearing, couch humping ('allegedly') apprentice who suggests that any logical and REASONABLE protest against THEIR outrages must certainly be paid for.

Also the one who shts baldfaced lies with a straight face and who showed up in a macho-bullshit cowboy hat (that is, when she's not out killing dogs) to lie upon, demean, mischaracterize and malign a murdered woman who by chance found herself in the wrong place,

a place MADE wrong by Donald Trump's OWN treachery and malevolent evil. More blood on HIS hands.

So, it is THEY, who are the domestic TERRORISTS - the enemy within.

As many MORE are learning.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,880 posts)
2. Its typical tactic to tarnish a person beaten are killed by law enforcement...
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:43 AM
Thursday

Im sure they are digging thru her past for drug use

Wednesdays

(21,607 posts)
5. Drug use, traffic tickets, shoplifting...
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:32 PM
Thursday

They'll look for ANYTHING. Particularly if it's sexual in nature.

Johonny

(25,493 posts)
6. Clearly not a terrorist. Family should sue Noem
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 01:52 PM
Thursday

And ICE for wrongful death.

They murdered her and lied about it. Sue the fuck out of them

allegorical oracle

(6,194 posts)
7. Both yesterday and today, Noem said that the protesters had been there "all day long"
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:37 PM
Thursday

harassing ICE. That's a flat-out lie (among many). Renee Good was shot at approximately 9:30 a.m., Minnesota time. Maybe they were there the day before, but not on the day of the shooting.

Quiet Em

(2,547 posts)
10. I looked up the start time of the elementary schools in the area.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:53 PM
Thursday

Since Renee had just dropped her son off the timing proves that she was not there very long.

senseandsensibility

(24,255 posts)
11. Also, it has been reported on CNN and elsewhere that she was dropping her kid off
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:54 PM
Thursday

at school. So was she simultaneously protesting and carpooling? I mean, as you say, it was nine thirty am so we are talking about a fairly short time frame here. But I am sure we will get to the bottom of it now that MN has been barred from the investigation, right?

underpants

(194,960 posts)
26. JD said "Don't believe that she was just a Mom out for a drive"
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:45 AM
Yesterday

Or some BS like that. I hadn’t heard anyone say that so JD is just being the knob that he is.

Ilsa

(63,848 posts)
12. And Noem, krasnov, and JD would be fine if
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:57 PM
Thursday

the agent murdered her kid, too.

If that agent was so traumatized from being hit with a car before, then maybe he shouldn't be on the streets.

questionseverything

(11,578 posts)
13. Exactly, he was clearly unfit for duty if he was that scared of a woman in a mini van
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 04:36 PM
Thursday

I still say, he was sent to “ make an example “

John1956PA

(4,833 posts)
14. I have a Honda the same type and vintage as Ms. Goods. It is smaller than a minivan.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:35 AM
Yesterday

The shooter was negligent by indulging in video recording or video streaming the Honda. His act of recording or streaming prevented him from assessing the situation. When he finally snapped out of his daydream, he panicked and started shooting.

LakeVermilion

(1,501 posts)
28. I'm thinking that he used the camera as a ruse to get in position.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:06 AM
Yesterday

If I wrestle taping the event from the opposite side, I would have moved to the curb when I got to the front of the van. He chose to close in on the vehicle. He might not have been taping, instead just viewing while he positioned himself.

questionseverything

(11,578 posts)
31. If we lived in a free country, law enforcement would be searching his phone
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 02:55 PM
Yesterday

And we would know exactly what he was looking at

I suspect it is a message to make an example of her

Blue_Roses

(13,781 posts)
15. Her son could have been killed
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:46 AM
Yesterday

if he had been in the car. Now he's an orphan. This is so horrible.

Paladin

(32,299 posts)
24. And if the little boy had died, trump and his goons still wouldn't give a shit.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:17 AM
Yesterday

They sure as hell don't give a fuck that those ICE creeps made orphans out of those poor children.

Response to Quiet Em (Original post)

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,360 posts)
20. A Christian lesbian?!?!??!?!?! WHAAAAAT
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:00 AM
Yesterday
Even her name has different permutations.
yeah that's what happens when people have been married multiple times

Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #20)

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,360 posts)
23. .
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:14 AM
Yesterday
They also said her husband died in 2023 and then I keep hearing about a husband who was talking about her.
TWO husbands? In this economy??

All kinds of conflicting information thrown at us and zero links.
What information is conflicting?

Where is her social media?
Get this -- some people don't use social media.

The timing is so interesting given Walz's troubles.
It's pretty straightforward -- the Trump administration wanted to make *more* trouble for Walz, blew up the fraud stuff, sent in ICE, and ICE did its job, which is to destabilize communities.

John1956PA

(4,833 posts)
30. Yes. On Wednesday morning, January 6, the DHS sarcastically posted, "GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!"
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:06 AM
Yesterday

doc03

(38,841 posts)
27. Of all the reports I have seen the last couple days I haven't heard anything about
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:55 AM
Yesterday

the passenger in her car.

Ocelot II

(129,124 posts)
29. It's beginning to look like she was just a confused motorist
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:06 AM
Yesterday

who somehow got stuck between a couple of ICE vehicles. Maybe she saw a collection of pickup trucks and vans stopped on Portland, didn't know what to do and was just trying to get around them. Her family said she wasn't an activist so maybe she wasn't involved in the ICE-warning at all. So she's stuck kind of sideways, with plenty of room for the ICE vehicles to go around (she is seen apparently waving them past her), and when she tries to move after being yelled at and one of the goons tried to open the car door while another one yells at her to move, some trigger-happy douche shoots her because she started to move.

Instantly, ICE Barbie, Mango Mussolini and his Mini-Me tell the world that she was a domestic terrorist.

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