Fatal ICE Shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
The Pitch What they said: The Trump administration and federal law enforcement agencies immediately framed the incident as a justified use of lethal force against a dangerous threat: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Good “weaponized her car” in a “domestic terror attack” and attempted “to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them” President Donald Trump called her a “professional agitator” and blamed a “radical left movement of violence and hate” DHS stated that “deadly force is justified when faced with a weapon” and that a “vehicle driven by a person and used to harm someone is a deadly weapon” Vice President JD Vance wrote: “This guy was doing his job. She tried to stop him from doing his job” Federal officials characterized the operation as necessary for “law and order” and public safety The official narrative presented Good as an attacker who posed an imminent lethal threat to officers, justifying the use of deadly force as standard self-defense. ...