Episode 3173
Killing of Renée Good
Fri, 2026-Jan-09 06:17 UTC
Length - 2:19
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With 669,249 views on Thursday, 8 January 2026 our article of the day is Killing of Renée Good.
On January 7, 2026, Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old woman and US citizen, was fatally shot by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good was behind the wheel of an idling SUV at the scene of an ongoing ICE operation when she was approached by ICE agents who reportedly gave conflicting orders, according to one eyewitness. As Good began to leave the scene, she was shot in the head. Federal officials and President Donald Trump defended the shooting, claiming the agent acted in self-defense and that Good had attempted to run him over. These claims have been contested by eyewitnesses and by journalists' analysis of video footage. The characterization of the shooting as justified has been disputed by local figures and by Democratic Party lawmakers, the latter of whom have called for a criminal investigation.
Thousands of people have protested in Minneapolis, and more have protested in cities including Chicago, New York, and Washington, D. C. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota governor Tim Walz called on the federal government to end their presence in the city. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued statements saying that the agent was injured but is expected to recover; The Guardian reported that there was "no visible sign in the videos of ICE officers being injured", and The New York Times reported that bystander videos did not support the DHS statement.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 06:17 UTC on Friday, 9 January 2026.
For the full current version of the article, see Killing of Renée Good on Wikipedia.
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