Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during an enforcement encounter on January 7 in Minneapolis, was allegedly involved with a local anti-enforcement agitator monitoring network, commonly referred to as “ICE Watch,” according to federal sources cited by Fox News and reporting by the New York Post.
As of January 9, the group continues to describe itself as dedicated to monitoring and resisting federal immigration enforcement, according to its publicly available social media posts.
Good’s child attended Southside Family Charter School in Minneapolis. According to reporting by the New York Post, Good later became involved with local anti-enforcement agitator networks through relationships formed in the school community.
The Southside Family Charter School, where Good enrolled her child, has a current mission statement that reads, “…SFCS is a small, K-5 school that meets the needs of a culturally and ethnically diverse population by engaging children in critical thinking and problem solving, involving children in political and social activism…”
Further down the school’s website, “social justice” is identified as a defining feature of the school’s curriculum. The description states that the school integrates social justice into every grade level by emphasizing narratives of marginalized groups and encouraging students to understand their role in shaping society.
Parents affiliated with the school told the New York Post that Good was involved in social justice causes and viewed her actions as part of broader resistance to federal immigration enforcement.
Public social media posts from the group commonly referred to as “ICE Watch” show how anti-enforcement agitator networks operate in practice.
In posts reviewed by The Dallas Express, the group described receiving anonymous tips, documenting ICE activity in real time, and publicly sharing agent locations and vehicle information during enforcement encounters, while acknowledging that reports were “unclear and unconfirmed.”
The group framed this activity as part of its mission to “document and resist” federal immigration enforcement rather than as a formal organization or non-profit.
The Minneapolis affiliate, known on Instagram as @mnicewatch, describes itself as a “24/7 Autonomous Collective Documenting & Resisting Against ICE, Police, & All Colonial Militarized Regimes.”
Recent posts from the account have included instructions on reporting agent sightings, calls for barricades during protests, and links soliciting donations. A post from the group on January 8, following the shooting, stated, “We are not a non-profit. We are not an organization. We are not reformists.”
According to DHS, Good and her wife followed ICE agents to multiple locations and obstructed traffic during enforcement operations earlier that day.
DHS stated that before the shooting, Good trailed federal ICE agents to two additional sites and obstructed traffic in an effort to disrupt active enforcement operations in the area. Video footage reviewed by CNN shows a passenger exiting the vehicle prior to the shooting while Good remained in the driver’s seat.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem alleged the couple continued to follow and harass ICE agents throughout the day.
“We had law enforcement officers that were out there doing an enforcement action, and a vehicle got stuck in the snow, so they had called for other people to come and help them get that vehicle out. Those officers were trying to free the vehicle when the harassment started, when the protesters were out there impeding their vehicles and preventing them from leaving,” Noem said in a follow-up DHS press conference.
According to the New York Post reporting, Good and her wife briefly relocated to Canada following the 2024 election, then settled in south Minneapolis.
While family members have described Good as a devoted mother and poet, sources within the ICE Watch network and school community described her as having embraced efforts to oppose federal immigration enforcement.
In a statement posted January 7, DHS said, “This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats.”
As the FBI leads the investigation into the Minneapolis shooting, federal officials say additional video evidence and witness accounts remain under review.
DHS has linked a rise in assaults and threats against ICE personnel to what it describes as real-time interference and inflammatory rhetoric surrounding enforcement operations.