A newly surfaced video capturing the moments before a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good has ignited nationwide protests and a bitter political confrontation. The 47-second footage, originally filmed by the involved agent and obtained by conservative outlet Alpha News, presents a starkly different narrative from official federal accounts.
The video documentation begins with Agent Jonathan Ross exiting his vehicle to approach Good’s maroon Honda SUV, recording its license plate while circling the car. Good remains seated behind the wheel, calmly stating, “That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you.” Her wife, Becca Good, simultaneously films the interaction from the street, making sarcastic remarks to the agent about their license plate consistency.
The situation escalates rapidly when another agent approaches the driver’s side window, shouting expletives while demanding Good exit the vehicle. As the filming agent positions himself in front of the SUV, Good reverses briefly before turning her wheel right and moving forward. The camera suddenly jerks upward amid shouts and audible gunshots, concluding with the vehicle veering down the road and the agent swearing.
Federal authorities maintain that Good attempted to run over the ICE officer, characterizing the incident as an act of “domestic terrorism” that left the agent injured and requiring hospitalization. Conversely, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has dismissed this official narrative as “garbage” based on the visual evidence.
The emerging footage has prompted Vice-President JD Vance and White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt to publicly defend the agent’s actions as self-defense against being run over. Meanwhile, Good’s wife has revealed they were attempting to support neighbors during immigration enforcement activities, noting ironically, “We had whistles. They had guns.”
Minnesota officials have announced an independent inquiry into the shooting after claiming exclusion from the federal investigation, with Governor Tim Walz activating the National Guard to manage ongoing protests. The political divide has deepened with President Trump’s administration refusing to cooperate with what he called “crooked officials,” while the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has surprisingly declined to investigate potential excessive force allegations.