The wife of the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis says the couple had stopped their car to support their neighbors and they had whistles, while the masked agents had guns.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness.

“We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said in a written statement Friday that was provided to Minnesota Public Radio.

The statement was her first public comment about the death of Renee Good, 37, who was killed Wednesday after three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded her Honda Pilot SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from the couple’s home. Video taken by bystanders show an officer approaching the SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle.

Trump administration officials have painted Renee Good as a domestic terrorist who tried to run over an officer with her vehicle. State and local officials in Minneapolis, as well as protesters, have rejected that characterization.

  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I am terribly sorry for what happened to Renee Good. I have watched the videos over and over and I really don’t understand how anyone could come to a conclusion different than “power tripping ICE agent murders woman in cold blood because he felt slighted by her declaring she was ignoring his order.”

    That said, the narrative of fear the administration is pushing requires someone armed and dangerous. Renee Good died unarmed, but she is dismantling a whole story line in her innocence. They tried to portray her as a monster, because the reality is they are.

    I remember seeing a report that accused her of using her “enormous SUV” to attack people. She drove a Honda Pilot. It’s really hard to find a car smaller than that in America, these days.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      7 days ago

      The only cars I know that are smaller are about 20 years old at minimum or are imported Kei trucks. The fact that it is only mildly bigger than my 4 cylinder 2001 Toyota Tacoma without its shell tells ya how small it is.