This post features three items: 1) a Substack post by Mitch Jackson about the 7 January 2026 murder of Renée Good in Minneapolis from which the title is taken, 2) a Guardian article about the cellphone footage that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who pulled the trigger, released, and 3) a New York Times video of the shooting from different angles and a spot-on analysis.

WARNING: Graphic Content. The video below shows the moments surrounding Wednesday’s shooting. It contains disturbing and potentially traumatic imagery and may be difficult to watch. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.

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Renee Nicole Good was a 37-year-old mother of three, a resident of Minnesota, and a United States citizen.

Her neighbors describe her as compassionate, warm, and deeply connected to her community. She enjoyed writing and expressing herself creatively. She was a real person with a real life and people who loved her.

She was killed by ICE on Wednesday.

What follows is the video showing an ICE agent firing three shots into Renee’s vehicle as it was leaving the area.

When the masked ICE agent approached Renee’s car door in an aggressive fashion, reach out and grabbed her car door handle while yelling, “Get out of the fucking car,” she was under no obligation to comply. She had the legal right to drive away.

She wasn’t a suspect and she wasn’t under arrest. She wasn’t being detained. Even if she was, you might be surprised to learn that the Fourth Amendment prohibits police from using deadly force solely to stop a fleeing suspect. See Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985).

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DHS Post

Immediately after the shooting and before any investigation, the Department of Homeland Security posted the following:

Here are the facts, and they matter.

Renee was not a violent rioter. She had a legal right to drive away. Full stop.

She did not attempt to run anyone over. Her tires were turned to the right as she drove away. She did not try to kill anyone. She did not commit an act of domestic terrorism.

The ICE officer who stepped to his right and her left, and who fired the three shots, two through the driver side window, was not hurt. Multiple videos show him walking up and down the street after the shooting, talking on his phone. We don’t need government agencies throwing fuel on the fire.

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Kristi Noem Statement

Shortly after that, Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, stepped to the podium and gave this press conference. As is obvious by her statements, the press conference happened before any investigation had begun, before facts were gathered, and before the evidence was reviewed.

Here’s what she claimed, and why precision matters.

She falsely stated this was “an act of domestic terrorism.”

She falsely stated that ICE officers were “stuck in the snow,” even though the black asphalt was clear and the video shows they drove up in a truck were not stuck.

She falsely stated that ICE agents were trying to push their vehicle out of the snow and that a woman attacked them. They approached Renee as shown in the video.

She falsely stated that the woman attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle. As mentioned above, the fact of the matter is that when a masked ICE agent rushed up to Renee’s car, grabbed her door handle, and screamed, “Get out of the fucking car,” she did not have to obey. She was legally allowed to leave.

She was not a suspect. She was not under arrest. She was not being detained. And even if an officer later tried to claim otherwise, the Constitution still draws a hard line. The Fourth Amendment does not allow police to use deadly force simply because someone is driving away. The Supreme Court made that clear in the Tennessee case. Facts matter. Rights matter. And Renee had them.

These are not small errors. Each false claim compounds the next, building a story that the video evidence does not support. When official statements drift this far from what people can plainly see, trust collapses, accountability disappears, and the truth gets buried. But then again, that shipped sailed long ago with this administration.

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Trump Post

President Trump them posted the following:

Here’s what he said, and here’s why it matters.

He said he “viewed the clip.”

Really? If he watched the video, why would he make these false statements? (It’s a rhetorical question, because we all know the answer.)

Then he falsely claimed that “the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE Officer.” He went even further, falsely stating that “Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive.”

Let’s be clear. The officer was not run over. He stepped to his right and to the left of the the moving vehicle. His arms were extended placing him 3-4 feet from the vehicle as he shot several times into the driver side window as the vehicle drove by him. Multiple videos taken after the shooting show him walking up and down the street, talking on his cell phone.

Words like these from Noem and Trump are not just wrong. They shape narratives, justify harm, and distract from what the video actually shows. Facts still matter, and this is exactly why accuracy is non negotiable.

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Lawrence O’Donnell Overview

Here’s a solid, clear-eyed overview from Lawrence O’Donnell, who was one of the first journalists to take on police shootings all the way back in the late 1970s, long before this conversation became unavoidable.

As a lawyer, I’ve represented people harmed and even killed by police officers. I know the issues and law. Lawrence is spot on with his analysis. Please watch.

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Final Thoughts

This is not behavior this administration reins in. It gets waved through and defended. The message coming from Donald Trump and Kristi Noem reads like permission, and federal agents take that cue.

When leaders set the tone this way, constitutional limits start to look like suggestions. Statements come out first. Justifications follow immediately. Accountability gets pushed to the side. ICE did not pause. The headlines moved on, and the operations kept rolling.

While public attention snapped to the Epstein files and Venezuela, the mass deportation machine stayed in motion. Raids continued. Force kept rising. This has been the through line since Trump returned to office, and this is where it leads.

So what do you do? How do you stop this from happening to your family, your neighbors, and your friends.

You show up. You speak out. You refuse to stay silent. You protest, and you demand that the people you elected actually do the jobs you hired them to do.

And then you do the most powerful thing you can do this year. You vote in the 2026 midterms and you take back control of the House and the Senate.

Mitch Jackson, Esq.