MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Nicole Good, the mom who was killed by a federal agent after veering her car toward him, was an anti-ICE “warrior” and was part of a group of activists who worked to “document and resist” the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota, The Post can reveal.
Good, who moved to the city last year, linked up with the anti-ICE activists through her 6-year-old son’s woke charter school, which boasts that it puts “social justice first” and “involving kids in political and social activism,” multiple local sources said.
“She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,” a mother named Leesa, whose child attends the same school, told The Post at a growing vigil where Good was killed Wednesday.
Good and her wife Rebecca, 40, who were raising the child together and sent the boy to Southside Family Charter School, a K-5 academy opened in 1972 which has from its inception been “unabashedly dedicated to social justice education,” according to co-founder Susie Oppenheim.
It was through her involvement in the school community that Good became involved in “ICE Watch” — a loose coalition of activists dedicated to disrupting ICE raids in the sanctuary city.
Similar coalitions have cropped up all over the country — with activists using phone apps, whistles and car horns to warn neighborhoods when ICE shows up. ICE Watch activists can also turn confrontational — with numerous instances of activists ramming agents with their cars in the past.
“[Renee Good] was trained against these ICE agents — what to do, what not to do, it’s a very thorough training,” Leesa said.
“To listen to commands, to know your rights, to whistle when you see an ICE agent,” she added.
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“I know she was doing the right thing. I watched the video plenty of times but I also know in my heart the woman she was, she was doing everything right.”
Good, a 37 mother of three, was shot in the head and killed as she sped her SUV in the direction of two immigration officers who were conducting an enforcement operation just south of the city’s central business district.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the shooting, which remains under investigation, was an act of self-defense and that the Goods had been harassing ICE agents in Minneapolis throughout the day.
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County worker Kristin Peter, 30, who was also at the vigil, said Renee was on the same ICE Watch team as one of her coworkers, and that she herself was attending a meeting of the group Thursday night.
“They were on the same team, they would eat meals together,” she said as she waved a lit bundle of sage at the memorial site.
School friend Leesa said a lot of families associated with the school live in the area where Good was killed.
According to the Southside Family Charter School’s website, it provides “an academically challenging, socially conscious education to diverse learners,” and declares it’s “proud” to offer what it calls a “social justice curriculum.”
A photo from its Facebook page shows a dry-erase board of students’ “hopes and dreams” for the future, which include “Donald Trump’s heart grows 3x as big.”
The Goods had no love lost for President Trump themselves, leaving their Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood to Canada after the 2024 election with plans to leave the country for good.
They lived in the Great White North for a few months before settling in Minneapolis, a former neighbor toldKMBC.
Rebecca, who was confronting ICE agents outside of the SUV at the time of the shooting, was filmed sobbing “it’s my fault” after the shots rang out and she realized Renee had been struck.
“I made her come down here’ it’s my fault,” she said, her face covered in blood after rushing to her partner’s aid.
“They shot her in the head. I have a 6-year-old in school,” she said.
