{"id":30454,"date":"2026-01-09T21:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=30454"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:21:42","slug":"wife-of-ice-shooting-victim-renee-nicole-good-speaks-out-and-confirms-couple-were-protesting-when-spouse-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=30454","title":{"rendered":"Wife of ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good speaks out and confirms couple were protesting when spouse was killed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The death of <strong>Renee Nicole Good<\/strong>, a 37-year-old mother and activist, has ignited national debate after she was shot and killed during a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis. Renee and her wife, <strong>Rebecca Good<\/strong>, were protesting ICE activity in their neighborhood when federal agents approached Renee\u2019s vehicle. Authorities say ICE agent <strong>Jonathan Ross<\/strong> fired three shots after Renee allegedly ignored commands to exit her car and began driving forward. Newly released videos show a tense exchange in which the couple verbally challenged officers moments before the shooting. Federal officials, including members of the Trump administration, have framed the killing as an act of self-defense, arguing that the vehicle was used as a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her first public statement since the tragedy, Rebecca Good described her wife as a person defined by compassion, faith, and joy, saying Renee believed deeply in kindness and equality for all people. Speaking to <strong>Minnesota Public Radio<\/strong>, Rebecca said they stopped \u201cto support our neighbors,\u201d emphasizing the imbalance of power in the encounter: \u201cWe had whistles. They had guns.\u201d Renee leaves behind three children, including a six-year-old son who has already lost his father. While national figures have defended the officer\u2019s actions, Minneapolis Mayor <strong>Jacob Frey<\/strong> rejected the self-defense narrative, calling it \u201cgarbage\u201d based on available footage. As investigations continue, Rebecca says she will honor her wife\u2019s legacy by teaching their son to reject fear and hatred, and to choose compassion even in the face of irreversible loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and activist, has ignited national debate after she was shot and killed during a confrontation with Immigration and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":550,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30456,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30454\/revisions\/30456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}