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➡️ Renee Nicole Good was many things — a wife, mother, poet, singer, devoted Christian and “extremely compassionate” human being — but she wasn’t a “domestic terrorist.” Here’s what we know so far about the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

We also have an update on the identity of the shooter, and the Minnesota Reformer reports on a vigil for Good that became a call to action against ICE.

Plus, the federal government is freezing Minnesota officials out of the probe into the killing, and LGBTQ+ politicians are speaking out and demanding answers.

Until tomorrow,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

Who was Renee Nicole Good? Remembering the Minneapolis poet and mother killed by ICE

Renee Nicole Good

Here's everything we know so far about Renee Nicole Good, who was killed Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has been identified

Screenshot/Max Nesterak @maxnesterak/@Breaking911

Thirty-seven-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by the agent, who had been assigned to the Enforcement and Removal Operations special response team.

Vigil for Renee Nicole Good becomes a call to action against ICE

Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer

The killing has reopened wounds from the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd, which ignited widespread protests and riots in 2020.

Feds freeze Minnesota officials out of probe around killing of Renee Nicole Good

Lev Radin/Shutterstock

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says this will make it hard to get a fair outcome.

LGBTQ+ officials denounce ICE killing of Minneapolis woman, demand investigation

Courtesy Julie Johnson for Texas; courtesy Mass.gov.; Lev Radin/Shutterstock

They are not buying the Trump administration's claim that the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good was somehow justified.

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