Mothers Against Police Brutality stands with the family of Renee Nicole Good
09 January 2026
Mothers Against Police Brutality stands with the Family of Renee Nicole Good; demands
that ICE withdraw from Minneapolis; and denounces the New American Police State.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 9, 2026
Contact: John Fullinwider
john@mapbdallas.com | 214.683.2493
| Today, our hearts are heavy. Less than a mile from where George Floyd was murdered, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was killed by ICE agents during a sweeping federal enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Video of the shooting indicates Ms. Good was in her car slowly driving away from ICE agents when she was shot to death. We grieve for this woman, for her family, and for a community once again forced to bear the weight of state violence. This extrajudicial killing did not happen in isolation. It unfolded amid what officials have described as the largest federal immigration crackdown in history. “It should be clear to all Americans that this country cannot deport thousands upon thousands of immigrants without becoming a police state,” said John Fullinwider, co-founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, a national organization based in Dallas, Texas. At Mothers Against Police Brutality, we recognize the painful parallels. George Floyd’s murder exposed how unchecked power, dehumanization, and a culture of impunity turns routine enforcement into a deadly encounter. Since the day in 2014 that Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson MO, on average more than 1,000 people have been shot to death each year by local police. Families grieving for the lives of their loved ones, stolen by official gunfire, suffer still from this police state that exists parallel to and within American democracy. Others, whose main contacts with police are traffic tickets or waiting for an officer to arrive after a home burglary, may have had the luxury to be unaware of police brutality. “None of us has that luxury today when masked, armed ICE agents roam the streets of our cities, brutalizing immigrants and citizens alike,” said Fullinwider. “ICE is President Trump’s national police force, operating in a Constitution-Free Zone that was once the world’s leading democracy.” We stand in solidarity with Minneapolis and with all communities demanding justice, respect for human rights, and recognition of the humanity in every person. We rededicate ourselves to our work to make human rights the cornerstone of policing. We reaffirm our unwavering belief that no authority is above the value of human life. Today, our hearts are heavy – but our opposition to ICE raids and police brutality remains strong. |
See New York Times video analysis of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good HERE.
| Mothers Against Police Brutality, Inc. (MAPB) was founded in 2013 by Collette Flanagan after her son, Clinton Allen, an unarmed 25-year-old, was shot and killed by a Dallas police officer. MAPB brings together mothers from across the country whose loved ones have been killed by police, working to raise public awareness, build community power, and demand transformative change in law enforcement and public safety. Through policy advocacy, public education, and direct support to families, MAPB fights to ensure that no other parent has to suffer the pain of losing a child to police violence. |
