[This article first appeared at Common Dreams on January 12, 2026.]
Please take five minutes to watch these two videos.
First, ICE officer Jonathan Ross’s video: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/from-the-ice-agents-phone-video-of-renee-good-shooting/2026/01/09/813a4ca6-f441-4b8e-b7f5-a1e72d67e0f1_video.html
Then watch this New York Times compilation of bystanders’ videos prepared before officer Ross’s video was publicly available:
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The Facts
Renee Nicole Good was a U.S. citizen, the mother of three, an award-winning poet, and the widow of a military veteran. On Wednesday morning January 7, she dropped her six-year-old son at school and proceeded in her Honda Pilot down Portland Avenue – a one-way residential street in south Minneapolis. Around 10:40 am, she had a brief encounter with ICE officers during which she smiled at officer Ross, who was filming the episode on his smartphone.
“That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you,” she told Ross.
Another officer yelled at her to “get out of the f*cking car” and grabbed her door handle. By then, Ross was standing near the front driver’s side of the Honda. Attempting to avoid him as she drove away, Good turned the steering wheel sharply to the right. Ross fired three shots, and the Honda careened toward a parked car before crashing into it.
ICE officers receive CPR training, but none went to Good’s aid. A physician nearby tried to help, but ICE officers blockedhim.
Fifteen minutes later, medics arrived. Shortly thereafter, she died at Hennepin County Medical Center.
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