The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether Becca Good, the wife of deceased anti-ICE activist Renee Good, was impeding federal immigration operations at the time of the January 7 shooting.
Renee Good was fatally shot while accelerating towards a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during an immigration enforcement operation in South Minneapolis.
At the time of the shooting, she was using her vehicle to block federal agents as part of her local “ICE Watch” group. She was then approached by a group of agents, who told her to get out of the vehicle. At that point, she accelerated towards an agent standing directly in front of the vehicle, clearly striking hi, according to multiple video angles of the shooting.
A cellphone video filmed by one of the agents shows Becca Good openly taunting them and claiming that she and her wife will be back again tomorrow. “You want to come at us?” she can be heard saying.
Good continued to taunt the agent at the time Good started to accelerate forward. At that point, she yelled “drive, baby drive” just seconds before shots were fired.
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According to a report from NBC News, the DOJ is currently investigating whether Becca Good’s actions amounted to criminal obstruction of federal agents.
Sources familiar with the probe suggest it also examines her potential ties to anti-ICE activist groups, framing her actions as interference with lawful enforcement activities. This includes scrutiny of whether Becca encouraged Renee to drive toward the agents or otherwise obstructed the operation
Good’s attorney, Antonio Romanucci, has disputed the report by stating that there has been no direct contact from federal officials indicating she is a target of the investigation.
Central to the investigation is the couple’s involvement with “ICE Watch,” a grassroots activist network. ICE Watch groups emerged as community defense mechanisms against ICE raids, particularly in sanctuary cities like Minneapolis. These loosely organized coalitions, often comprising parents, neighbors, and volunteers, use apps like Signal to monitor, document, and sometimes disrupt immigration enforcement.
According to a report from the New York Post, Good moved to Minneapolis last year and linked up with the anti-ICE group through parents at her six-year-old son’s charter school. The school boasts that it puts “social justice first” and prioritizes “involving kids in political and social activism,” local sources told the outlet.
The Minneapolis group started out as a loose collection of activists, but had recently merged with more established far-left organizations like Twin Cities Ungovernables, according to the report. In a recent Instagram post, the ICE Watch group encouraged agitators to bring items that would help them barricade the streets around where the shooting took place.
They were even encouraged to bring items that could easily burn, including dried up Christmas trees.
