Will Renee Good's death be a turning point?
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
How will her name and story be used by politicians and protestors? And how does her story line up with other moments of government violence throughout American history?
Brittany is joined by Abené Clayton, the lead reporter for the Guns and Lies in America series at The Guardian. Brittany and Abené unpack the importance of this moment, how Good's death compares to other deaths at the hands of the federal government, and how the narrative around her death is already messier than it should be.
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| 0:25.5 | Today's episode is going to talk about fatal incidents of gun violence. |
| 0:30.9 | So by now, you have probably heard her name, Renee Good. |
| 0:37.0 | She was a 37-year-old woman who was killed last Wednesday |
| 0:40.1 | by an immigration and customs enforcement officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| 0:46.2 | Bystander footage shows masked ice agents coming up to Good's car. One officer grabs at her |
| 0:51.5 | door handle, and when she seemingly attempts to drive away, |
| 0:55.5 | another officer circles to the front of Good's vehicle from the opposite side, |
| 0:59.4 | draws his gun, and fires into her car, killing Good. |
| 1:03.7 | You may have seen this footage. |
| 1:05.9 | It's horrifying to watch. |
| 1:08.6 | And within hours, two very different narratives started to emerge about what |
| 1:13.5 | you can see in that video. Christy Noam, the director of Homeland Security, says Good was attempting |
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