As the radical left continues to use the death of Renee Nicole Good to fuel their anti-ICE narrative, a surprising voice has emerged from within her own family circle, suggesting the fatal encounter could have been avoided if she hadn’t injected herself into a high-stakes federal operation.
Good, 37, was shot and killed Wednesday morning in Minneapolis after she “weaponized” her vehicle against federal agents.
While the mainstream media and local Democrat politicians like Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey have rushed to martyr Good, calling her a “legal observer” and “peaceful neighbor,” those who knew her are offering a much more complicated picture.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, Joseph Macklin, the former brother-in-law of the deceased, didn’t hold back.
He suggested that Good had no business being at the scene of the ICE raid in the first place.
“She had no reason to be there, in my opinion. It had nothing to do with her,” Macklin told the outlet. “She shouldn’t have been in the way. She had nothing to do with the ICE agents or immigration, so she shouldn’t have been there. She should have minded her own business.”
Joseph said Good had three children, including a six-year-old son she shared with his brother, Tim Macklin Jr., an Air Force veteran who tragically died in 2023.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump have stood firmly behind the agents, describing the incident as an act of “self-defense” against “domestic terrorism.”
According to federal officials, Good was not merely “driving home” from a school drop-off, as her ex-husband claimed.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that Good had been “stalking and impeding” ICE’s work throughout the day before eventually attempting to run over an officer with her SUV.
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that Renee Nicole Good had “trained” to do “ICE Watch” and disrupt the agency’s operations.
“ICE Watch” is a loose alliance of radicalized anti-ICE activists dedicated to monitoring, documenting, and actively resisting the agency. They track and follow agents, film them, and often dox their vehicles and other identifying information.
On Thursday, The New York Post reported, “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.”
“An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots,” the Sec. Kristi Noem said in a press conference.
Despite the clear warnings from federal law enforcement to vacate the area, video from the scene shows Good’s vehicle idling in the middle of the street, blocking the path of agents attempting to carry out a lawful operation to remove illegal aliens from the community.
The radical Minneapolis City Council, which famously led the charge to “defund the police” during the 2020 BLM riots, has already demanded that ICE leave the city.
However, the “mind your own business” sentiment from Macklin suggests that even among those close to Good, there is a recognition that interfering with federal law enforcement carries deadly risks.
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