Renee Good's Lesbian Partner Breaks Silence, Says ICE Harassment, Stalking Was to 'Support Our Neighbors'
The woman legally married to Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis earlier this week, released her first public statement Friday, offering an emotional account that sharply contrasts with video evidence and federal officials’ descriptions of the incident.
Rebecca “Becca” Good was present during Wednesday’s confrontation that ended with the death of Renee Good. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Renee Good attempted to run over federal law enforcement officers with her vehicle during the encounter.
In a statement shared with Minnesota Public Radio News, Rebecca Good portrayed her spouse as a compassionate and joyful individual, describing her as someone whose “kindness radiated out of her.” The remarks came the same day Minnesota-based Alpha News released body-camera footage from an ICE agent’s perspective that captured Rebecca repeatedly confronting officers moments before the shooting.
In the video, Rebecca is heard challenging the agents, asking, “You want to come at us?” before appearing to shout “drive, baby drive” toward Renee as the vehicle remained in close proximity to officers.
“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns,” Rebecca Good said in her statement.
Federal officials have strongly disputed that characterization. Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in an X post on the day of the shooting that Renee Good was a “violent rioter” who “weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism.”
Rebecca Good’s statement continued with a glowing tribute to her spouse.
“This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her,” she wrote. “Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter, but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores.”
McLaughlin said the ICE officer involved feared for his life during the confrontation. Acting according to his training, the agent fired defensive shots that officials say saved his own life and that of a fellow officer.
Rebecca Good, however, continued to frame the incident through a personal and ideological lens, saying Renee “was made of sunshine” and describing her spouse — who had previously been married twice to men — as a “Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth.”
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness,” Rebecca Good said, referring to Renee’s six-year-old child, whose father was Renee’s late second husband, according to multiple reports. “Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.”
Renee Good also had two other children — a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son — with her first husband, according to The Washington Post.
Additional footage released by Alpha News further complicates the narrative presented by Rebecca Good. In the viral video, she is heard taunting an ICE agent as he attempts to document Renee Good’s license plate while her vehicle blocked a public roadway.
“That’s fine… You want to come at us? You want to come at us?” Rebecca Good is heard saying. “I say go get yourself a big lunch, big boy. Go ahead.”
The shooting has become a flashpoint in the broader political battle over immigration enforcement under President Donald J. Trump’s second-term administration, with federal officials emphasizing the escalating dangers faced by ICE agents amid increasingly confrontational protests.