Renee Nicole Good Didn't Deserve to Die
Mike Nellis
I am unbelievably angry about what happened to Renee Nicole Good—the woman who was murdered in Minneapolis yesterday by an ICE agent. No matter where you stand on immigration, this was unjustifiable. She did not deserve to die—and the videos and witness testimony make that aggressively clear.
I grew up in a law enforcement household. In moments like this, I usually call my dad. He’s a 34-year veteran of the FBI, and I get his take—because he’s been trained to be in the kinds of high-pressure situations like this one.
I’m going to keep most of that conversation private, because he asked me to. But there’s one thing I want to share: my dad will often say, “Imagine it was me out there—thinking my life or the lives of other officers were in danger.” And I get that. Every cop walks into a shift knowing it might be their last.
But I pushed back, like I did yesterday. I told him: What if it was me in that car? What if it was me protesting ICE? What if it was me standing up for what I believe in? Do I deserve to die?
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