A mother of three
Good’s family and neighbors say the government’s portrayal bears no resemblance to the woman they knew.
Her mother, Donna Ganger, described her daughter as deeply compassionate.
“She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate,” Ganger said, adding, “She was probably terrified.”
Ganger called her daughter “an amazing human being” and “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known.”
A portrait of Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the site of her shooting on January 08, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation yesterday in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Good was a poet, writer, and mother of three. Just hours before she was killed, she had dropped off her youngest child at an elementary school in Minneapolis — a city the family had only recently moved to from Kansas City, Missouri.
Far from being “the worst of the worst” criminals referenced in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, Good was a U.S. citizen born in Colorado with no criminal history beyond a single traffic ticket.
The note on her door
In the aftermath of the shooting, neighbors placed flowers and signs near the crash site. One handwritten message on a nearby door read: “NO MEDIA INQUIRES” and “JUSTICE FOR RENEE,” according to AP.
A video recorded moments after the shooting shows a distraught woman crying near the wrecked SUV, wailing: “That’s my wife, I don’t know what to do!”
Good’s ex-husband said she was not an activist and had never participated in protests. Friends and former teachers recalled her as gentle, creative, and outwardly focused — someone who cared deeply for others.
“She was incredibly caring of her peers,” said Kent Wascom, a former writing instructor. “Her presence was something that helped make that classroom a really supportive place.”
ICE agent has ‘absolute immunity’
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Vance said the agent has “absolute immunity” in connection with the death.
“He was doing his job,” Vance said.
He added, “The idea that Tim Walz and a bunch of radicals are going to go after and make this guy’s life miserable because he was doing the job that he was asked to do is preposterous.”
During the briefing, a reporter questioned Vance about Minnesota’s investigative agency claiming that the U.S. attorney’s office had “essentially cut off” the state’s access to the case, asking what precedent exists for such a restriction.
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Vance quickly responded: ”First of all, I wish the state officials in Minnesota would investigate why you have so many people who are using their vehicles and other means to actually interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation.”
”The precedent here is very simple,” he continued. ”You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. That’s a federal issue.
”That guy is protected by absolute immunity,” Vance commented. ”I’ve never seen anything like that. It would get tossed out by a judge.”
