ACLU condemns the ICE shooting of Renée Good and urges agents to leave Minnesota
American Civil Liberties UnionNational civil liberties organization, in a joint release with its Minnesota affiliate
The ACLU and ACLU of Minnesota said in a joint press release on the day of the shooting that they strongly condemn the killing of Renée Good, and urged federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota.
“The ACLU and ACLU of Minnesota strongly condemn this killing, and urge federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota as soon as possible and to halt these massive escalations across the country immediately.”
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Was ICE Officer Jonathan Ross justified in fatally shooting Renée Good?
On January 7, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renée Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, during a federal immigration operation in south Minneapolis. Good, a poet and writer with an English degree from Old Dominion University who had recently relocated to Minneapolis with her wife and children, was in her SUV near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue when agents approached. Ross fired three shots as Good's vehicle turned away from him; she drove several blocks before crashing and was pronounced dead. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Good had used her vehicle as a weapon against agents and that Ross fired in self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz disputed that account, saying video of the encounter showed no threat to the agent and calling the self-defense narrative false. The FBI removed the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from the joint investigation the day after the shooting. The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division declined to open its own investigation; Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was not investigating because circulating video already showed the officer being attacked by the vehicle. As of September 2026, no public charges had been filed against Ross.
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Joint press release from the ACLU and ACLU of Minnesota, published January 7, 2026, the day of the shooting.
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The release said the shooting came a day after the Department of Homeland Security announced a large operation in Minnesota that sent more than 2,000 federal immigration officers into the state.
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The release also quoted Deepinder Mayell of ACLU of Minnesota and Naureen Shah of the ACLU, and noted the December 2025 lawsuit Tincher v. Noem over ICE conduct toward people who observe and protest immigration enforcement.
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The case asks whether Jonathan Ross was justified in fatally shooting Renée Good. The ACLU says it strongly condemns the killing and calls for federal agents to leave Minnesota, which rejects the shooting as justified, so we used Condemned.
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