Who was Renee Nicole Good? : NPR

[ad_1] We're persevering with to study extra in regards to the 37-year-old lady who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 37-year-old lady in Minneapolis yesterday. We're persevering with to study extra about that lady - Renee Nicole Good. At a press convention at present, Vice President Vance described her this fashion.

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JD VANCE: That lady has - is a part of a broader left-wing community to assault, to dox, to assault and to make it inconceivable for our ICE officers to do their job.

KELLY: Her buddies and her household paint a special image. So right here to assist us study extra about who she was, we've referred to as on Paul Walsh, reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune. Hey, Paul.

PAUL WALSH: Hey. Thanks for the chance.

KELLY: Hey. I do know you have been speaking with Renee Good's household. Let's begin there. What did you study her?

WALSH: I had a quick dialog along with her mom about 5 hours after the capturing. She appeared very reserved at first and reluctant to speak, however then after a few questions or two, she opened up and was - you realize, expressed that her daughter needed to be terrified, that she shouldn't be a part of any community of anti-government, anti-ICE members, and that - she simply described her because the kindest particular person she's ever identified.

KELLY: I can think about how exhausting a name like that was for her. Renee Good was additionally a mother, is that proper?

WALSH: Sure, three kids. The very best that I and my colleagues have decided, two are 15 and 12 and one other one is round 6 years previous.

KELLY: We talked about - we simply heard JD Vance there characterizing Renee as a radical leftist who was actively interfering with ICE operations. Clearly there's loads we do not know. Clearly this investigation is ongoing. However is there proof for that declare? Does that sq. with what you might be listening to and studying on the bottom?

WALSH: I might say that 80% of what the vp mentioned shouldn't be verified or there's nothing that we have seen - and we have got perhaps eight to 10 reporters on the story - that she was a participant in any disruptive manner, you realize, as a part of any conspiracy to thwart ICE. The very best that we are able to inform both by the video or what folks on the bottom are telling us is that she was on the street, perpendicular to the curb and was being directed to depart after which began to depart, by the movies that we have seen, relatively slowly. After which that is when the gunfire occurred from an officer who was considerably in entrance of her.

KELLY: OK.

WALSH: So far as, you realize, something about, you realize, her, you realize, making an attempt to hurt the officer, I believe that is one thing that's nonetheless left to investigators. And that is why we examine - we - you realize, the governments examine these issues.

KELLY: Recognize your being there asking questions, as are we, and we'll proceed to take action. Simply briefly, in about 30 seconds, are you able to get us up to the mark on there have been fears that there can be escalation. What's the scenario in Minneapolis?

WALSH: Issues are loud, however they don't seem to be something near what Minneapolis and Saint Paul went by way of through the George Floyd killing 5 1/2 years in the past. Now we have recognized the officer - the agent who dedicated the capturing.

KELLY: Proper.

WALSH: And that is been a breakthrough. And to date, that hasn't actually ignited any outrage both.

KELLY: OK. Paul Walsh, reporter from the Minnesota Star Tribune, thanks on your reporting.

WALSH: You are welcome. Thanks.

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