Family of Renee Good Sues Federal Government After Fatal ICE Shooting

Renee Nicole Good's family has filed lawsuits against the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy, and other violations following her fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7.

Renee Good, 37, a mother of three, was killed during a federal immigration operation in Hennepin County. Her partner, Becca Good, and her brother, Brent Ganger, initiated two separate lawsuits.

According to Becca Good, they had stopped their vehicle to support neighbors during the operation. Bystander footage shows Renee Good in the driver's seat of an SUV, blocking part of the road and honking her horn. Two immigration officers approached the vehicle, with their faces covered.

As one officer ordered Good to exit the car, she reversed briefly and then turned the steering wheel. Becca Good, who was in the street, shouted, "Drive, baby, drive!" The officer in front of the vehicle then fired into the windshield. The officer, standing near the open driver's side window, fired two more shots, fatally wounding Good.

At the time of the incident, federal officials stated the officer acted in self-defense and characterized Good's actions as "an act of domestic terrorism."

One lawsuit, filed against the United States of America, seeks damages for Good's wrongful death, citing "the immense suffering Renee endured in the final moments of her life and for the profound and permanent losses that her death has inflicted upon her family." This suit also alleges intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress against Becca Good.

A second lawsuit includes claims of conspiracy to interfere with civil rights and seeks a jury trial. This suit describes the operation as a "carefully planned, coordinated effort between senior federal officials and private actors to make two ethnic communities." It asserts that the shots fired by the ICE agent were the "predictable and intended product of the operation."

Named defendants in the conspiracy lawsuit include ICE agent Jonathan Ross, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security head Kristi Noem, Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, and Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

The lawsuit alleges "collaboration of federal agencies and individuals with private entities for an operation with discriminatory design, racially targeted pursuit and seizure of individuals without regard to their legal status, and each defendant’s participation in the conspiracy."

Becca and Renee Good were not legally married but referred to each other as wives. They had recently relocated to Minneapolis from Kansas City, Missouri.

Renee Good described herself on social media as a "poet and writer and wife and mom." Her mother, Donna Ganger, said after her death that Renee "had this way of making you feel special and loved that I didn’t even understand that until we lost her."