After Renee Good — a 37-year-old mother, poet, and beloved member of her Minneapolis community — was shot and killed by a U.S. ICE agent last week, her family issued a powerful, emotional statement not just grieving her loss but forcefully debunking viral online rumors that she had a lengthy criminal record.
“I’ve been pretty quiet about this, because I wanted to wait until our family could piece together a statement… and it is finally published,” Good’s sister-in-law Morgan Fletcher wrote on Facebook Monday.
“You never think the passing of a loved one will be high profile… or a massively divisive, political topic,” she said.
Renee Good’s family was moved to break their silence — not just in grief, but to publicly shatter unfounded rumors about her having a criminal record. Facebook/Morgan Fletcher
In Minneapolis last week, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent after her SUV brushed past him — a moment that’s now igniting outrage, deepening divisions over federal immigration enforcement, and raising urgent questions about use of force. X/@maxnesterak
“We are grieving. Heavily. And yes, we see everyone’s posts and comments. Some in support but also, the nasty ones ripping apart our beautiful and beloved Renee. And we’ve seen the false claims and the wrong Renee Good’s info being posted (criminal history? She didn’t have one.)”
The FaqInsurances has found no record of any criminal history for Good — yet across social media, a viral image, featuring what may be an AI-generated mugshot, falsely lists dozens of criminal charges and arrests dating back to 2022.
“No matter where you stand on the issue of ICE or whether or not you think she did or didn’t deserve what happened, please remember she was a human being and she had loved ones… including children who can and will likely see all of these things about their mother… and her wife, whom she loved dearly,” Fletcher wrote.
Since 37‑year‑old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Jan. 7, Minneapolis has been rocked by chaotic, impassioned protests — with police estimating tens of thousands flooding the streets in rallies and marches demanding ICE leave the Twin Cities and justice for her death.
“I’ve been pretty quiet about this, because I wanted to wait until our family could piece together a statement… and it is finally published,” Good’s sister-in-law Morgan Fletcher wrote on Facebook Monday. Facebook/Morgan Fletcher
Her death came as roughly 2,000 federal agents descended on the region in what the Department of Homeland Security calls the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history.
On Friday night in downtown Minneapolis, hundreds of protesters swarmed outside the Canopy Hotel after a rumor spread that ICE agents were holed up inside — and Minneapolis police say some demonstrators even tried to force their way in through a side‑alley entrance before officers stepped in to restore order.
Police reported that some of the ‘several hundred’ protesters hurled bottles, rocks, and even snowballs at officers — though, remarkably, no serious injuries were reported.
So far, the city-wide protests have led to a few dozen arrests, as tensions continue to flare across Minneapolis.
