Minnesotans gather at vigil to honor Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent
On Jan. 7, at 5 p.m., thousands of Minnesotans gather on the corner of 34th Street and Portland Avenue South in Minneapolis to mourn Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
Published January 8, 2026
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be kind to yourself
Jan 26, 2026 at 5:53 am
The more you write the more disconnected and confused you sound – that’s to be expected given the extra layers of stress we are all under. Be sure to take breaks and rest your mind now and then. Be kind to yourself.
KG
Jan 25, 2026 at 10:14 am
@Peace unto you? Really? Wrapping personal insults in fake empathy doesn’t refute the truth. U students are sharper than you give them credit. Let’s set the record straight: Those pro-Palestinian “peace-seeking students” you defend are defined by violence and intimidation. They dangerously occupied Morrill Hall in October 2024; shot out the windows of the U’s Hillel building in June 2024; and have roiled this campus with encampments and disruptions. Nationally, “peace seekers” shouted “Free Palestine” and murdered two people at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC in May 2025. “Peace seekers” screamed the same slogan and attacked an Israel solidarity march in Boulder, Colorado on June 1, 2025—an assault which maimed many and murdered 82-year-old Karen Diamond.
We need to call this what it is: an eliminationist ideology. Slogans like “Free Palestine” are not about human rights; they are demands for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state. Ask yourself: Have you heard any of your “anti-Zionist” friends talk about two peoples living side-by-side since October 7? Or do they only speak of erasing Israel? This radical cynicism diverts the LGBTQ+ community into focusing on “Palestine,” which is diametrically opposed to their own survival. Israel is the only Middle East country where LGBTQ+ people are safe and have asylum. In Gaza and the West Bank, their very existence is illegal and dangerous.
This false intersectionality is advantageous for self-serving extremist pro-Palestinians, but the vulnerable LGBTQ+ community loses—just as they did by aligning with the recent violent anti-ICE demonstrations.
peace unto you
Jan 23, 2026 at 9:41 am
My concern for your mental health is very real. You are showing signs of a serious disconnect from reality in every comment you make. Part of that manifestation is your inability to recognize authentic worry for your mental health. Another manifestation of your disordered thinking are your repeated assertions that peace-seeking students are somehow the intolerant once. Again, please seek support for the problems you have in your life. There is no shame in doing that, it’s a sign of health. Peace unto you.
Brian Cunningham
Jan 23, 2026 at 9:18 am
“Community gathers to mourn the murder of a free U.S. Citizen by ICE”. There, I fixed your headline. She was murdered.
KG
Jan 22, 2026 at 12:55 pm
@KG, personal attacks and feigned concern for my mental health do not refute the verifiable facts stated in my comment. I am not a bot; I have been here for a long time, and I am not going anywhere. Instead of engaging with the substance, you deflect. The reality is that the extremist pro-Palestinian movement has introduced intolerance and chaos into spaces that used to be about civil rights. We saw this with the infiltration of the SDS and the violent takeover of Morrill Hall in October 2024.
This ideology has infiltrated the LGBTQ+ community to the point that it now asks members if they are “Zionists” before accepting them. This litmus test causes agony and division within a community that needs unity. Must Jewish people sign on to antizionist views and Jew hatred to be accepted? Must they assert lies about Israel—settler-colonialism, genocide, apartheid—and renounce the ancient yearning of the Jewish people for Zion?
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion” (Psalm 137). That connection is millennia old. Demanding that Jews erase it is not “progressive”; it is exclusionary. It is my hope that U students will see through the charade and identify this extremist pro-Palestinian activism for what it is: a movement that frequently embraces lawlessness and is the antithesis of American values.
@KG
Jan 21, 2026 at 10:36 am
If you are not a bot, if you are an actual human, I hope you have family and friends around you that care about you. Please seek help – all your comments but the end of your comment here in particular indicate you could benefit from an intervention and engagement with a mental health professional, especially if you have thoughts of self-harm or of doing harm to others. Your comments and your expression are not normal or healthy. You deserve support with the problems you so obviously have. Peace be with you.
KG
Jan 9, 2026 at 9:14 am
The Minnesota Daily’s video footage, showing a figure in a keffiyeh front and center, raises a confusing contradiction. The intersectional alignment of American LGBTQ+ citizens with violent anti-ICE demonstrations is baffling enough, but their misguided alliance with the anti-Israel movement is even more perplexing.
Israel is demonstrably the safest Middle East country for LGBTQ+ persons and a prime international destination for gay tourism. In fact, Israel has long provided asylum for Palestinians persecuted by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in Gaza for their sexual orientation. Conservative Arab-Muslim societies continue to shun and punish LGBTQ+ individuals.
Here in Minneapolis, however, our local LGBTQ+ community is heavily influenced by the U’s GWSS and U professors like Sima Shakhsari. These voices regularly condemn Israel while refusing to acknowledge its positive policies toward the gay community or the reality of life under Hamas, even before the current Gaza war.
Current events suggest it is time for the LGBTQ+ community to reconsider these paradoxes. Rather than supporting foreign movements that fundamentally oppose their existence, LGBTQ+ community activists would be better served by withdrawing from international politics and focusing their energies inward on the civil rights and mental health challenges that remain here at home. It’s time for LGBTQ+ individuals to realize they are being manipulated by their own leaders.
Renee Nicole Good’s life would have been better spent devoting her productive years to her community and family. Her partner, Becca, said it best herself: “I made her come down here, it’s my fault.”
Billie Joe
Jan 8, 2026 at 10:43 pm
Minneapolis policy prevented our city police department from cooperating with ICE, a decision that effectively eliminated a critical buffer between federal law enforcement and the local community. The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good illustrates just how irresponsible this policy is. Had local officers—who know our streets and community—been involved, they could have worked to deescalate the situation. Instead, we are left with an avoidable crisis and a Mayor who offers four-letter curse words.