Renee Good was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis yesterday

We cannot countenance these abuses

Renee Good Vigil

I live in Minneapolis, where on Jan 7 Renee Good was killed by an ICE officer while trying to flee from another officer attempting to force her car door open. Moments before, she is seen on camera waving out her window for the ICE vehicle to pass using the open lane in front of her.

Neither the footage nor a single eyewitness account agrees with the DHS official statement. All bystanders perceived that she was scared and trying to escape.

Now, the FBI have forced MN state authorities out of the case

The reality

There are many different angles. Here they are in a Google Drive folder. Watch with caution.

Kristi Noem said at a conference that

As they were attempting to push the vehicle [out of the snow], she said a woman “attacked them and those surrounding them” and “attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle.”

These videos show no such thing. The officers get out of a running vehicle, and could have chosen to drive by without stopping to confront her at all. Turn the sound on and you’ll hear how alarmed bystanders are by the sudden escalation: nobody on either side of the conflict had clocked Renee as a threat or someone who was behaving erratically.

Frame by frame

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A final note

If this feels out of place or uncomforable, that is sort of the point. It is not possible to compartmentalize between our professional selves, our political selves, and who we are in our comunities and families.

I want these people out of my home.