Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good

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.

Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis a week ago today.

We’ve likely all seen the video. Many of us have seen it from different angles and with different analysis.

Most people watched it and saw an angry man with a mask shoot a calm unarmed woman three times in the head. Many feel it was murder.

Except for Trump, Noem and MAGA. They have been defending the ICE agent since the shooting occurred. They’re blaming Renee. They’re saying she was a threat. That she should have complied. That she shouldn’t have been there.

Millions of people are watching the same video of a woman’s life being snuffed out and coming to wildly different conclusions.

It’s highlighting something which has been an issue in America for a number of years… people are living in different realities.

Everything has become team sports. Everything is left versus right, Republican versus Democrat. It’s one thing to make policy a partisan issue, but this was the senseless killing of a young wife and mother.

Once upon a time we would have all been angry about this. We would have agreed it shouldn’t become political. We would have all had compassion for Renee and anger at the ICE agent who killed her.

There are some things that should never be team sports.

More than enough people have weighed in on the video and why the ICE agent was in the wrong, so I’m not going to rehash that here.

I will say that my view is that she posed no threat and he did not have to shoot her, let alone shoot her three times.

If multiple men in masks with guns approached me in my vehicle, I would try to flee as well. I would be terrified. Especially considering Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered just a few months ago by a man pretending to be law enforcement.

Image Description: A photo of Renee Nicole Good wearing an off the shoulder red top and standing in front of water.

But there’s another issue I want to discuss today, and it’s one that has been nagging at me ever since I saw the video.

Misogyny and ICE’s intense hatred of women played a role in Renee’s death.

Misogyny is killing women and driving draconian political decisions.

We’re going backwards in terms of women’s rights. We’ve already lost the right to abortion in many states. Birth control access has come under siege. Women have been arrested for miscarriages. There’s an increasing view among the right that women should be at home and serving their husband.

One need not look further than the huge following that Erika Kirk has created for herself in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. She’s built an entire brand out of misogyny. Out of telling women their place is in the home raising children. That their duty is to their husband, country and God.

These are all far right talking points that aim to demean and subjugate women. They want to make us less than. They want to take away our rights. They want to make us subservient to men.

What does that have to do with Renee Nicole Good’s killing? Everything.

If you’ve watched the footage the regime released from the agent’s point of view, you can hear him calling her a “f*cking b*tch” right after shooting her.

What were Renee’s final words? “That’s ok dude, I’m not mad.”

She waved agents past her car. She tried to de-escalate the situation. Yet Jonathan Ross took out his cellphone and stalked her vehicle. He walked around filming her while another agent aggressively pulled on the door handle to try and force her out of the car.

When she became fearful for her life, she turned the steering wheel away from the agents in an attempt to get away. That’s when Ross shot and killed her.

Anyone who’s been the victim of domestic violence knows what ‘f*cking b*tch’ means. We’ve all heard it after being hit, assaulted or demeaned.

It’s a misogynistic slur and it’s not a normal or proportionate reaction to what Renee and her spouse were doing.

She was shot and mortally wounded. Her car was careening away because she had lost consciousness. Why did the agent feel the need to debase her further?

Because he hates women. I genuinely believe that’s the most likely explanation. It would also explain why ICE refused to let an on scene doctor check her pulse or help provide aid. She was barely human to them. They didn’t care if she lived or died.

He wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger. He shot her because she wasn’t afraid. He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence. Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved. Didn’t seek his approval or his attention.

Misogyny. Bigotry. Unbridled Rage. These are the types of men that DHS is giving unchecked power to. Men who can’t control themselves. Men who purposefully sought out a job that would give them anonymity while allowing them to exercise their bigotry over anyone they want.

He took Renee’s life. A spouse is now a widow. A child has lost his Mom. And what’s happening to the ICE agent?

He’s being defended by the Right. He’s raised over $100k on GoFundMe. Billionaire William Ackman has personally donated ten thousand dollars.

He’s profiting off a killing.

Lest you think this is a one-off, consider the things we’ve heard about Renee since the shooting:

She should have been taking care of her child.

She should have been at home with her family.

She shouldn’t have prioritized the lives of criminals over her son.

She shouldn’t have agitated the officers.

She should have complied.

She shouldn’t have smiled.

She should have gotten out of the car.

She should have moved.

Her wife shouldn’t have mocked the officer.

Her wife shouldn’t have a gofundme

And lastly, FAFO. Yes that’s right, people are saying ‘f*ck around and find out’ in response to a woman being murdered by ICE while sitting in her car.

What aren’t we hearing?

He shouldn’t have shot her.

He should be arrested and charged.

He shouldn’t have impeded EMS and a doctor from assisting her.

He shouldn’t have called her a “f*cking b*tch”

Lastly, Trump defended the officer’s actions by saying the women were ‘very disrespectful’ towards law enforcement and that agents ‘shouldn’t have to put up with that.’

Apparently two women saying things an agent doesn’t like now counts as ‘disrespect’ and warrants a bullet to the head.

It’s no surprise considering Trump is credibly accused of sexual assault by multiple women and has recently called female reporters ‘piggy’ and ‘ugly inside and out’… but it’s still wrong. It’s despicable. He should be condemning this murder in the strongest sense of the word. He should be pulling ICE out of Minnesota. He should be mourning the senseless death of a US citizen, not blaming her.

It hurts to see this play out so publicly, but if we’re honest with ourselves, it’s not at all surprising. This is the patriarchy. This is the result of misogyny being tolerated and even rewarded within society.

“She should have just complied” is no different than “she shouldn’t have worn that short skirt”. It’s the classic rape culture defence repackaged and repurposed to justify murder, and we must all speak out against it.

I hate that this needs to be said but women are not to be blamed for the bad actions of men. We’ve been blamed for long enough.

It’s not our fault when we’re beaten, raped and assaulted. It’s not our fault when we’re murdered. Even if you don’t like what we’re saying or doing, that doesn’t give you the right to harm us and call us b*tches.

I want to believe that Jonathan Ross will be investigated and charged for what he did, but I have very little faith that will happen.

Our system protects predators. We’ve seen it with Trump. We’ve seen it with various rapists who get off with barely a slap on the wrist. We’ve seen it with virtually everyone involved in The Epstein files.

Victims are slandered, blamed and have their lives torn apart. The predators are rewarded.

My hope is that people recognize that this killing was misogynistic in nature. This wasn’t about immigration. It wasn’t about law enforcement. It wasn’t about stopping a threat.

It was a man lashing out and taking a life.

The only difference between what happened to Renee and what happens to millions of women around the world every year is that it was caught on video and played for the whole world to see.

If this is what they’re willing to do to a white woman in broad daylight and on camera, imagine what’s happening to the thousands of women being held in detention facilities and private prisons. Or the women trapped in abusive relationships with these men. Imagine what happens away from prying eyes.

The fact that she was killed by an ICE agent operating in an official capacity and that we’ve all seen (and heard) what he did means we have an opportunity to use this moment to fight for real and lasting change.

I hope that this will get people to see the dangers of misogyny and start calling it out more often. Start holding predators and abusers accountable. Start demanding change.

I also hope this will be the catalyst to abolish ICE. We can’t continue to allow masked men to kidnap, torture and kill people with zero accountability.

There was a record number of deaths in ICE custody in 2025. Two citizens have been killed. Renee Nicole Good and Keith Porter, a Black man in Los Angeles who was killed on New Year’s Eve by an off duty ICE agent.

His killing was not caught on video and his death has not received the same amount of attention… but it must be recognized. We must stop the cycle of death and destruction.

Where do we go from here? I’m not sure. I think we hold the line. I think we continue to document atrocities and encourage others to do the same. I think we refuse to cower in fear.

Abuse thrives in darkness. It counts on victims being too scared to speak up. This regime is trying to scare people into compliance. The show of force in Minnesota is a perfect example of that.

There’s a reason these ICE ‘arrests’ are almost always accompanied by a videographer. They’re creating torture porn to scare the general population.

We must refuse to be scared. We must keep trying to protect one another. We must bear witness and document everything they’re doing.

Make no mistake, the brave men and women who filmed the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good may very well have saved lives. It’s a tragedy they couldn’t save hers, but if their actions result in removing Jonathan Ross from the street, they will have saved lives.

If their actions result in more accountability for ICE, they will have saved lives.

If their actions result in people voting out Republicans at the polls, they will have saved lives.

Don’t despair. Don’t give up. Keep documenting everything. The truth will out and I have to believe we will be victorious in the end.

Finally, never forget that we all know the difference between right and wrong. The fascists in charge want you to forget that. They want you to ignore what you’re seeing and hearing with your own eyes and ears.

Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, you know in your gut that killing Renee was wrong.

You know that defending the ICE agent is wrong.

You know that the escalation in Minnesota is wrong.

As long as we hold tight to our moral compass, as long as we keep speaking up for what is good and true and right, we can’t be defeated.

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to remain silent, so don’t remain silent.

The fundraiser for Renee has been closed as they’ve hit their goal, but I’m going to link to it so you can read her family’s words: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-renee-goods-wife-and-son

You can also consider donating to Keith Porter’s gofundme as his family need help and support through this difficult time as well: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-franceolas-granddaughters-future