It's been a week since we watched an ICE agent shoot and kill Renee Nicole Good and then mutter "f*cking b*tch" at her. It's time we talk about the misogyny that's baked into ICE enforcement.
Thank you! The misogynistic angle seems so obvious it shouldn't need to be pointed out, but the fact that it hasn't been points to the fact that it should be shouted from the rooftops.
I think the extrajudicial killing trumps (no pun intended, I swear) the misogyny, but the fact that the “fucking bitch” quote has been so often reported with no reflection on it speaks volumes as to what an acceptable response it is.
As someone who has also had to learn to ration my spoons, I am grateful for your taking the time and effort to craft this thoughtful and articulate piece.
Jane, thank you for naming this so clearly and so honestly. You’re right — the extrajudicial killing alone should have stopped the conversation in its tracks. Full stop. That anything beyond that is even debated tells us how normalized state violence has become, especially when it’s directed at women.
And you’re also right about the quote. The fact that “fucking bitch” keeps being repeated without pause, without analysis, without alarm, as if it’s background noise rather than a flashing red siren, is deeply revealing. That language isn’t incidental. It’s not a heat-of-the-moment slip. It’s worldview. It signals entitlement, dehumanization, and a belief that women’s lives — especially women who don’t perform submission “correctly” — are expendable.
What chills me is how familiar that phrase is to so many women. We know exactly what it means when it’s said in moments of power imbalance, violence, or fear. It’s not just misogyny in the abstract — it’s a threat, a justification, a declaration that harm is deserved. When that mindset exists inside armed enforcement structures, it becomes lethal.
Your mention of rationing spoons matters too. There’s an added cruelty in how much labor it takes — emotional, cognitive, physical — to even name what’s happening, let alone push back against it. The expectation that marginalized people, disabled people, women, queer folks will endlessly explain, contextualize, and educate while systems continue grinding forward is itself a form of violence.
I’m grateful you spoke up here. Not because it’s easy — it isn’t — but because clarity like this cuts through the gaslighting. Naming what’s happening doesn’t fix it overnight, but it does refuse the lie that this is normal or acceptable. And that refusal matters more than people like to admit.
...but didn't her partner make misandry comments to the same officer before he shot her partner?
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
He did not say what he said until after she attacked/ran off whatever, while her partner said everything before the incident took place. If words matter then her taunting and challenging, "hey big boy..." cannot be construed to mean anything else than misandry intended to be insulting to the very officer who shot her wife unless, of course, "F'in b*%@h" is an insult and not an act of misogyny.
I am an American and I am not a member of the democrat&republican PARTY. So, I really hate the democrat&republican (one word) PARTY (singular), and their politicians. As far as the dumbest people in America go, the democrat&republican "Useful Voter," I pity their stupidity.
The greatest threat to the American People is the democrat&republican PARTY, and they have proven it over and over...how many Americans have to die before even the dumbest people in America say, "enough is enough?"
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
The political group to which you refer is made up fellow citizens who were duly elected by other fellow citizens. No political party has any power whatsoever without the support of citizens. By denigrating and disparaging political parties, you denigrate and disparage fellow citizens. They are not some third party entity. They are us.
No, they are you, and the dumbest people in America are the democrat&republican PARTY, and yes I am not just denigrating the S4B moo-ron democrat&republican “Useful Voters,” I am saying the democrat&republican (one word) PARTY (singular) is unconstitutional just because the dumbest people in America say they are.
How hard is it to step into a voting booth and hit all the d’s&r’s? That’s not democracy, that is the tyranny of the stupid.
I am an American and members of the democrat&republican PARTY are not Americans.
The greatest threat to the United States of America IS the democrat&republican PARTY.
Have a nice day…unless you’re a democrat&republican “Useful Voter” then please have a shitty day.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
This difficult piece was beautifully written and incredibly insightful regarding misogyny. It captures 2026 America truthfully. What a tragic, pathetic society we have created despite all our achievements. How bereft I am over our commitment to money, power, and cruelty rather than humanity, tolerance, and kindness.
Thank you, Zoe, for your words. “What a tragic, pathetic society we have created despite all our achievements.” This is what makes our hearts hurt, for those of us who have spent decades trying to get people to listen and recognize that they could make changes to stop this from happening. 💔💔
Thank you Zoe. It was so hard to write but I felt it needed to be said. We're losing our way and when we see these things happen we have to call out the hate that lies beneath the surface.
Zoe, thank you for this. Your words capture both the clarity and the grief so many of us are carrying right now. That sense of bereavement you name isn’t abstract — it’s the mourning of a moral failure, of watching a society choose power, profit, and cruelty over care, accountability, and human dignity.
What makes this moment so heavy is that none of this is accidental. Misogyny, state violence, and the elevation of money and authority over humanity are not glitches — they’re features of systems that reward domination and punish empathy. When those systems are exposed so starkly, as they are here, it forces us to confront who we’ve allowed ourselves to become.
And yet, your response is also an act of resistance. Naming the tragedy, refusing to sanitize it, and insisting on humanity and kindness as values still worth defending matters more than it might feel like in moments of despair. Bearing witness is not passive. It’s a refusal to normalize the unacceptable.
I’m grateful you spoke from that place of honesty. It reminds me that even in a society that feels increasingly hollowed out, there are still people who recognize what’s wrong — and who haven’t surrendered their conscience.
We all have a duty to stand up and speak out. I've been raised since I was a kid learning about WWII - now all the people who told us never to forget want us to look away. Nope.
Caren, exactly this. “Never forget” was never meant to be ceremonial — it was meant to be a warning and a responsibility. The most dangerous part isn’t the violence itself, it’s the social pressure to look away, to normalize it, to tell ourselves it’s too uncomfortable or too political to confront.
What you’re naming is that moral line: remembering means refusing silence. It means recognizing patterns when they reappear, even when they wear different uniforms or use different language. Looking away has always been how cruelty survives.
Your “Nope” is powerful because it’s a boundary. It says some things are not negotiable, not eras we outgrow, not lessons we shelve. Bearing witness is an act of resistance — and choosing not to forget is how we honor those who were harmed and protect those who could be next.
Very brave article and absolutely spot on. I believe from his own video that he was triggered by her saying she was not mad at him. You can see from that what a sunny person she was. At the same time her spouse (another woman) made a smart remark. Perfectly on target and clever, but she was a woman and he didn’t have a clever response. So he killed her wife. I counseled abused women for years and men who had been violent with spouses. I believe your analogy is spot on. And that we are in a lot of trouble in this country when the choice is a cover up, not even pretending to investigate. Releasing his video where he demeans her because the assumption is we will begin to accept this?
Thank you Linda for sharing your personal experience. Having been the victim of abuse myself I recognized it right away.
He was angry... not because they were a threat but because they were women. Because they weren't scared of him and they made smart remarks. Because he COULD be.
That's what we all must remember... he killed Renee because he could. The fact that the regime released the video as if it absolved the agent says a lot about how they view women.
As you said, perhaps they assume we will just start to accept this? We will never accept this.
Linda, thank you for bringing your professional experience and clarity into this space. What you’re naming is so important — that moment of de-escalation, of kindness, of emotional steadiness, is often exactly what provokes men who are rooted in control and entitlement. “I’m not mad” should never be a trigger, yet for someone steeped in misogyny and power, it can feel like defiance simply because it denies them dominance.
Your observation about her spouse’s remark is equally painful and true. A woman speaking with intelligence, wit, or calm — especially in the face of authority — is too often met not with reflection but with rage. And when that rage is backed by state power and weapons, the outcome becomes lethal.
The fact that you’ve counseled both abused women and violent men gives weight to what you’re saying here: this is a pattern. It’s intimate partner violence logic playing out with a badge and institutional protection. The rush to release video that demeans her, rather than to conduct a serious, transparent investigation, does feel like an attempt to normalize the unacceptable — to see if we’ll swallow it.
I’m grateful you spoke up. Voices like yours cut through the gaslighting and remind us that this isn’t confusion or complexity — it’s a failure of accountability, and it should alarm every one of us.
As someone not fully on the left or right, I'm baffled how anyone could argue she was doing anything but trying to get away; and that the "officer" was shooting her in self defense. That was clearly personal.
If masked men with no ID swarmed my car with guns pointed, I'd be driving away too.
Plus, anytime a legitimate law officer shoots someone, they allow first aid once there is no threat, and protect the scene of the incident for a proper external investigation. This was about as illegitimate as you can get, and if that was "following procedures" as those in power claimed, ICE needs to be paused indefinitely while they overhaul their procedures to comply with actual law.
Thank you for weighing in and admitting that you're not fully entrenched on one side or the other.
I keep saying this shouldn't be 'team sports' because I do believe this is an issue of right and wrong.
What happened to Renee was wrong. Period. Everyone should be able to see that and be willing to demand an investigation and accountability. If we don't speak up, it will happen again.
Exactly this. Your reaction is the reasonable one, and it shouldn’t require a political label to see it.
What you describe is basic human self-preservation. Anyone confronted by masked men with guns, no clear identification, and escalating aggression would instinctively try to get away. That isn’t defiance — it’s fear. Framing her attempt to leave as a threat reverses reality and asks people to ignore their own instincts.
You’re also absolutely right about procedure. In any legitimate use-of-force situation, the priority immediately shifts to rendering aid, securing the scene, and allowing an independent investigation. What we saw instead — obstruction of medical help, demeaning language, narrative control — is incompatible with lawful policing. Those actions alone undermine any claim of “self-defense.”
And that’s the part that cuts across ideology. If this is considered acceptable procedure, then the problem isn’t one individual — it’s an institution operating without meaningful accountability. Pausing ICE operations until their practices comply with actual law isn’t radical. It’s the bare minimum required in a system that claims to value due process and human life.
You don’t have to be left or right to recognize when something is illegitimate. You just have to be honest about what you’re seeing.
Thank you for being one of the voices of truth and America's real values. Stopping the actions of ICE and the other deeply immoral actions of the entire Trump administration won't be easy. It won't happen quick enough. But we can make it happen. We must re-teach this administration and the whole population of America the values and principals that has made America great before, and will again if we will answer the call each and every one of us owe to each other.
Kenneth. I appreciate the clarity and steadiness of what you’re saying here. You’re right — none of this is easy, and none of it is fast. Systems that normalize cruelty don’t unravel on a convenient timeline. But history shows they do unravel when enough people refuse to accept them as inevitable.
What matters most to me in your comment is the emphasis on shared responsibility. This isn’t about one administration or one agency in isolation — it’s about what we tolerate, what we excuse, and what we’re willing to confront together. Re-teaching values isn’t nostalgia, it’s accountability. It’s insisting that dignity, restraint, and humanity are not optional traits in those who wield power.
Progress doesn’t come from silence or waiting for permission. It comes from sustained pressure, moral clarity, and people choosing to show up for one another even when it’s uncomfortable. That’s how change has always happened — not quickly, but deliberately, and because people refused to give up on each other.
I have seen it and was actually going to post it to Notes. Thankfully I've seen multiple reports that he did survive though he's now being held in ICE detention and I fear for his overall condition.
The video was appalling and he's lucky to have survived it.
IDF not only trains ICE & police worldwide, but they seem obsessed with rape - children, men women are starved, beaten, tortured abused sexually every day they are in Israeli prisons ie a cult of blood-sacrifice ( gen o s ide) in lits if coubtries by Israel & mass rape used.. Penis worship, misogyny is normal it seems. Amazed to read that the k ll r of Nichole Good has a Go Fund Me & tons of support - sickening. Human life is worthless to these types & fun for them to get rid of.
The misogyny frame is essential: and it connects to how the agent was trained.
Jonathan Ross wasn't a random recruit. He was an 18-year veteran, a firearms instructor, an active shooter trainer for ICE. He trained the new agents DHS recruited through "Call of Duty"-style videos targeting people with "interest in guns and tactical gear." The trainers set the culture.
That culture has a theology behind it. The acting ICE field director for St. Paul—David Easterwood—is also a pastor at Cities Church, planted by allies of Douglas Wilson. The teaching materials from that network describe masculinity as being "willing to fight and inflict pain" and keeping one's "hand close to the holster."
The misogyny is baked into the recruitment, the training, and the command culture. When DHS tells recruits to "defend your culture," they're targeting men who already believe women like Renee Good—calm, unafraid, not deferential—are threats to the natural order.
"Fucking bitch" wasn't a slip. It was the operating philosophy stated plainly.
I've been documenting the institutional machinery that produced this:
Thank you! The misogynistic angle seems so obvious it shouldn't need to be pointed out, but the fact that it hasn't been points to the fact that it should be shouted from the rooftops.
That’s why I wrote this. I really didn’t want to write it and it’s taken an awful number of spoons but I feel like we should be leading with misogyny…
Of course most media is run by men so I don’t have high hopes!
I think the extrajudicial killing trumps (no pun intended, I swear) the misogyny, but the fact that the “fucking bitch” quote has been so often reported with no reflection on it speaks volumes as to what an acceptable response it is.
As someone who has also had to learn to ration my spoons, I am grateful for your taking the time and effort to craft this thoughtful and articulate piece.
Thank you Jane. It definitely took a lot of spoons and I appreciate you saying that.
I just saw a video of an ICE witness who was arrested and detained and apparently told “stop obstructing that’s how the lesbian b*tch died”.
Misogyny. Bigotry. These are the worst of us and they’re being given way too much power.
Jane, thank you for naming this so clearly and so honestly. You’re right — the extrajudicial killing alone should have stopped the conversation in its tracks. Full stop. That anything beyond that is even debated tells us how normalized state violence has become, especially when it’s directed at women.
And you’re also right about the quote. The fact that “fucking bitch” keeps being repeated without pause, without analysis, without alarm, as if it’s background noise rather than a flashing red siren, is deeply revealing. That language isn’t incidental. It’s not a heat-of-the-moment slip. It’s worldview. It signals entitlement, dehumanization, and a belief that women’s lives — especially women who don’t perform submission “correctly” — are expendable.
What chills me is how familiar that phrase is to so many women. We know exactly what it means when it’s said in moments of power imbalance, violence, or fear. It’s not just misogyny in the abstract — it’s a threat, a justification, a declaration that harm is deserved. When that mindset exists inside armed enforcement structures, it becomes lethal.
Your mention of rationing spoons matters too. There’s an added cruelty in how much labor it takes — emotional, cognitive, physical — to even name what’s happening, let alone push back against it. The expectation that marginalized people, disabled people, women, queer folks will endlessly explain, contextualize, and educate while systems continue grinding forward is itself a form of violence.
I’m grateful you spoke up here. Not because it’s easy — it isn’t — but because clarity like this cuts through the gaslighting. Naming what’s happening doesn’t fix it overnight, but it does refuse the lie that this is normal or acceptable. And that refusal matters more than people like to admit.
...but didn't her partner make misandry comments to the same officer before he shot her partner?
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/fy5rSdW
I wouldn't say what she said was misandry, but even if it was does that justify what he did?
He did not say what he said until after she attacked/ran off whatever, while her partner said everything before the incident took place. If words matter then her taunting and challenging, "hey big boy..." cannot be construed to mean anything else than misandry intended to be insulting to the very officer who shot her wife unless, of course, "F'in b*%@h" is an insult and not an act of misogyny.
I am an American and I am not a member of the democrat&republican PARTY. So, I really hate the democrat&republican (one word) PARTY (singular), and their politicians. As far as the dumbest people in America go, the democrat&republican "Useful Voter," I pity their stupidity.
The greatest threat to the American People is the democrat&republican PARTY, and they have proven it over and over...how many Americans have to die before even the dumbest people in America say, "enough is enough?"
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/fy5rSdW
The political group to which you refer is made up fellow citizens who were duly elected by other fellow citizens. No political party has any power whatsoever without the support of citizens. By denigrating and disparaging political parties, you denigrate and disparage fellow citizens. They are not some third party entity. They are us.
No, they are you, and the dumbest people in America are the democrat&republican PARTY, and yes I am not just denigrating the S4B moo-ron democrat&republican “Useful Voters,” I am saying the democrat&republican (one word) PARTY (singular) is unconstitutional just because the dumbest people in America say they are.
How hard is it to step into a voting booth and hit all the d’s&r’s? That’s not democracy, that is the tyranny of the stupid.
I am an American and members of the democrat&republican PARTY are not Americans.
The greatest threat to the United States of America IS the democrat&republican PARTY.
Have a nice day…unless you’re a democrat&republican “Useful Voter” then please have a shitty day.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/fy5rSdW
This difficult piece was beautifully written and incredibly insightful regarding misogyny. It captures 2026 America truthfully. What a tragic, pathetic society we have created despite all our achievements. How bereft I am over our commitment to money, power, and cruelty rather than humanity, tolerance, and kindness.
Thank you, Zoe, for your words. “What a tragic, pathetic society we have created despite all our achievements.” This is what makes our hearts hurt, for those of us who have spent decades trying to get people to listen and recognize that they could make changes to stop this from happening. 💔💔
Thank you Zoe. It was so hard to write but I felt it needed to be said. We're losing our way and when we see these things happen we have to call out the hate that lies beneath the surface.
Zoe, thank you for this. Your words capture both the clarity and the grief so many of us are carrying right now. That sense of bereavement you name isn’t abstract — it’s the mourning of a moral failure, of watching a society choose power, profit, and cruelty over care, accountability, and human dignity.
What makes this moment so heavy is that none of this is accidental. Misogyny, state violence, and the elevation of money and authority over humanity are not glitches — they’re features of systems that reward domination and punish empathy. When those systems are exposed so starkly, as they are here, it forces us to confront who we’ve allowed ourselves to become.
And yet, your response is also an act of resistance. Naming the tragedy, refusing to sanitize it, and insisting on humanity and kindness as values still worth defending matters more than it might feel like in moments of despair. Bearing witness is not passive. It’s a refusal to normalize the unacceptable.
I’m grateful you spoke from that place of honesty. It reminds me that even in a society that feels increasingly hollowed out, there are still people who recognize what’s wrong — and who haven’t surrendered their conscience.
We all have a duty to stand up and speak out. I've been raised since I was a kid learning about WWII - now all the people who told us never to forget want us to look away. Nope.
Agreed. We won't forget, we won't look away and we won't be silent!
Caren, exactly this. “Never forget” was never meant to be ceremonial — it was meant to be a warning and a responsibility. The most dangerous part isn’t the violence itself, it’s the social pressure to look away, to normalize it, to tell ourselves it’s too uncomfortable or too political to confront.
What you’re naming is that moral line: remembering means refusing silence. It means recognizing patterns when they reappear, even when they wear different uniforms or use different language. Looking away has always been how cruelty survives.
Your “Nope” is powerful because it’s a boundary. It says some things are not negotiable, not eras we outgrow, not lessons we shelve. Bearing witness is an act of resistance — and choosing not to forget is how we honor those who were harmed and protect those who could be next.
Very brave article and absolutely spot on. I believe from his own video that he was triggered by her saying she was not mad at him. You can see from that what a sunny person she was. At the same time her spouse (another woman) made a smart remark. Perfectly on target and clever, but she was a woman and he didn’t have a clever response. So he killed her wife. I counseled abused women for years and men who had been violent with spouses. I believe your analogy is spot on. And that we are in a lot of trouble in this country when the choice is a cover up, not even pretending to investigate. Releasing his video where he demeans her because the assumption is we will begin to accept this?
Thank you Linda for sharing your personal experience. Having been the victim of abuse myself I recognized it right away.
He was angry... not because they were a threat but because they were women. Because they weren't scared of him and they made smart remarks. Because he COULD be.
That's what we all must remember... he killed Renee because he could. The fact that the regime released the video as if it absolved the agent says a lot about how they view women.
As you said, perhaps they assume we will just start to accept this? We will never accept this.
Linda, thank you for bringing your professional experience and clarity into this space. What you’re naming is so important — that moment of de-escalation, of kindness, of emotional steadiness, is often exactly what provokes men who are rooted in control and entitlement. “I’m not mad” should never be a trigger, yet for someone steeped in misogyny and power, it can feel like defiance simply because it denies them dominance.
Your observation about her spouse’s remark is equally painful and true. A woman speaking with intelligence, wit, or calm — especially in the face of authority — is too often met not with reflection but with rage. And when that rage is backed by state power and weapons, the outcome becomes lethal.
The fact that you’ve counseled both abused women and violent men gives weight to what you’re saying here: this is a pattern. It’s intimate partner violence logic playing out with a badge and institutional protection. The rush to release video that demeans her, rather than to conduct a serious, transparent investigation, does feel like an attempt to normalize the unacceptable — to see if we’ll swallow it.
I’m grateful you spoke up. Voices like yours cut through the gaslighting and remind us that this isn’t confusion or complexity — it’s a failure of accountability, and it should alarm every one of us.
As someone not fully on the left or right, I'm baffled how anyone could argue she was doing anything but trying to get away; and that the "officer" was shooting her in self defense. That was clearly personal.
If masked men with no ID swarmed my car with guns pointed, I'd be driving away too.
Plus, anytime a legitimate law officer shoots someone, they allow first aid once there is no threat, and protect the scene of the incident for a proper external investigation. This was about as illegitimate as you can get, and if that was "following procedures" as those in power claimed, ICE needs to be paused indefinitely while they overhaul their procedures to comply with actual law.
Thank you for weighing in and admitting that you're not fully entrenched on one side or the other.
I keep saying this shouldn't be 'team sports' because I do believe this is an issue of right and wrong.
What happened to Renee was wrong. Period. Everyone should be able to see that and be willing to demand an investigation and accountability. If we don't speak up, it will happen again.
Exactly this. Your reaction is the reasonable one, and it shouldn’t require a political label to see it.
What you describe is basic human self-preservation. Anyone confronted by masked men with guns, no clear identification, and escalating aggression would instinctively try to get away. That isn’t defiance — it’s fear. Framing her attempt to leave as a threat reverses reality and asks people to ignore their own instincts.
You’re also absolutely right about procedure. In any legitimate use-of-force situation, the priority immediately shifts to rendering aid, securing the scene, and allowing an independent investigation. What we saw instead — obstruction of medical help, demeaning language, narrative control — is incompatible with lawful policing. Those actions alone undermine any claim of “self-defense.”
And that’s the part that cuts across ideology. If this is considered acceptable procedure, then the problem isn’t one individual — it’s an institution operating without meaningful accountability. Pausing ICE operations until their practices comply with actual law isn’t radical. It’s the bare minimum required in a system that claims to value due process and human life.
You don’t have to be left or right to recognize when something is illegitimate. You just have to be honest about what you’re seeing.
Thank you! This all needs to be said—loudly and often.
Thank you for reading!
Thank you for being one of the voices of truth and America's real values. Stopping the actions of ICE and the other deeply immoral actions of the entire Trump administration won't be easy. It won't happen quick enough. But we can make it happen. We must re-teach this administration and the whole population of America the values and principals that has made America great before, and will again if we will answer the call each and every one of us owe to each other.
Ken
Thank you for reading Ken and for your kind and encouraging words. We must keep hope alive!
Kenneth. I appreciate the clarity and steadiness of what you’re saying here. You’re right — none of this is easy, and none of it is fast. Systems that normalize cruelty don’t unravel on a convenient timeline. But history shows they do unravel when enough people refuse to accept them as inevitable.
What matters most to me in your comment is the emphasis on shared responsibility. This isn’t about one administration or one agency in isolation — it’s about what we tolerate, what we excuse, and what we’re willing to confront together. Re-teaching values isn’t nostalgia, it’s accountability. It’s insisting that dignity, restraint, and humanity are not optional traits in those who wield power.
Progress doesn’t come from silence or waiting for permission. It comes from sustained pressure, moral clarity, and people choosing to show up for one another even when it’s uncomfortable. That’s how change has always happened — not quickly, but deliberately, and because people refused to give up on each other.
Have you seen this. I think ice killed this guy. https://substack.com/@rubbishvtruth/note/c-200068647?r=1ucsvf&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I have seen it and was actually going to post it to Notes. Thankfully I've seen multiple reports that he did survive though he's now being held in ICE detention and I fear for his overall condition.
The video was appalling and he's lucky to have survived it.
Thank you. Dissent in bloom updated me that he’s alive and in ice detention. There’s a go fund me started for him. I’ll send the link.
https://gofund.me/d4d1a1e47
Thanks for a great article! Well done!!!
Thank you Lucy!
Thank you for this, it’s great.
For anyone interested, I asked a friend who’s been with the PA State Police for over 10 years what he thought of the Renee Good shooting.
He had a detailed and scathing critique of the ICE officer’s actions.
You can read it here.
https://open.substack.com/pub/ihavefriendseverywhere/p/my-conversation-with-a-pa-state-police-71f?r=58xctb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
https://substack.com/@rebecca310932/note/c-206066687?r=7awn9c&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
https://x.com/_patriot1776q_/status/2015650610063065197?s=46&t=IJZeJW_L7xh-BpCMpU0qJg The trump is unleashing prison guards in Minneapolis
IDF not only trains ICE & police worldwide, but they seem obsessed with rape - children, men women are starved, beaten, tortured abused sexually every day they are in Israeli prisons ie a cult of blood-sacrifice ( gen o s ide) in lits if coubtries by Israel & mass rape used.. Penis worship, misogyny is normal it seems. Amazed to read that the k ll r of Nichole Good has a Go Fund Me & tons of support - sickening. Human life is worthless to these types & fun for them to get rid of.
The misogyny frame is essential: and it connects to how the agent was trained.
Jonathan Ross wasn't a random recruit. He was an 18-year veteran, a firearms instructor, an active shooter trainer for ICE. He trained the new agents DHS recruited through "Call of Duty"-style videos targeting people with "interest in guns and tactical gear." The trainers set the culture.
That culture has a theology behind it. The acting ICE field director for St. Paul—David Easterwood—is also a pastor at Cities Church, planted by allies of Douglas Wilson. The teaching materials from that network describe masculinity as being "willing to fight and inflict pain" and keeping one's "hand close to the holster."
The misogyny is baked into the recruitment, the training, and the command culture. When DHS tells recruits to "defend your culture," they're targeting men who already believe women like Renee Good—calm, unafraid, not deferential—are threats to the natural order.
"Fucking bitch" wasn't a slip. It was the operating philosophy stated plainly.
I've been documenting the institutional machinery that produced this:
https://theramm.substack.com/p/the-ice-director-who-preaches-on
Your analysis of the gendered violence is the piece I couldn't write. It completes the picture.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1qb7o22/anyone_know_who_he_is_and_how_he_is_doing/
What happened to this man?
Thank you! You are a kind and beautiful woman, and I love your hair ❤️