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“Any loss of life is a tragedy and I think all of us can agree that, in this situation, it was preventable,” Noem said.
President Donald Trump described Good as “very disorderly, obstructing and resisting,” alleging she tried to run over an ICE officer, who he said was “recovering in the hospital,” despite video evidence showing the agent walking around uninjured.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also criticized the federal response, calling it “governing by reality TV” and urging a full, fair investigation.
Remembering Renee Nicole Good
Good was more than the headlines. She was a mother of three, a poet, a musician, and a compassionate neighbor.
On social media, she described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN.”
Her mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minnesota Star Tribune, “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being. She was probably terrified.”
Good’s family now faces the unimaginable task of raising her six-year-old child alone. Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., father of her late former husband, expressed his concern for his grandchild:
“There’s nobody else in his life. I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”
Neighbors described Good and her family as kind and close-knit. Mary Radford, 27, who lived next door, said, “It’s a beautiful family. They have a son. He’s very sweet. They’re always outside playing. We’re gonna miss seeing them — forever. It is so painful to think about how he’s gonna fare in his life. And I just can’t even imagine what that family is going through.”
Friends and neighbors remembered Good as a kind and giving person. Megan Kocher, who visited her home just weeks earlier, said, “She fed me tea and cookies at her house while we talked about school stuff. She was such a warm and loving mother. This is tragic beyond words.”
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