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Renee Good Was Not a Terrorist. She Was a Poet

By Olivia Bardo
Bay County residents attend a candlelight vigil at Carl Grey Park in Panama City, Fla., Jan. 11, 2025, for individuals and families whose lives have been harmed by immigration enforcement. Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother whom the Trump Administration calls a domestic terrorist, was shot and killed in her car by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Credit: Tyler Orsburn/News Herald/Reuters
Jan 14, 2026
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In the days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, her final words clung to me.

“I’m not mad at you,” she said. Her eyes were earnest.

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Bay County residents attend a candlelight vigil at Carl Grey Park in Panama City, Fla., Jan. 11, 2025, for individuals and families whose lives have been harmed by immigration enforcement. Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother whom the Trump Administration calls a domestic terrorist, was shot and killed in her car by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Credit: Tyler Orsburn/News Herald/Reuters