According to the Jan. 18 letter to the editor from Mark Goldstein, Renee Good was not a victim, she was a rioter.
The 37-year-old mother, despite being polite to ICE agents, was shot at least three times — once at close range to her head.
Mr. Goldstein blames “the mainstream media” for portraying Good as the victim. Maybe he should watch news stations that state facts — or just maybe, watch the video with his own eyes.
I don’t need any news outlet — real or fake — to tell me what happened. I saw it.
MAGAs will make up all sorts of stories to fit whatever narrative they want to believe — and what they want others to believe.
Between President Trump’s declining mental faculties and physical ailments, his inept Cabinet is putting every citizen in harm’s way. ICE agents under the cosplaying Kristi Noem didn’t need to terrorize the people of Minnesota, and Good did not use her car as a weapon.
So write to the White House and tell them to start working for the American people, rather than writing letters to the newspaper labeling a deceased innocent woman a rioter.
She was an everywoman, driving home to her family.
Ellen Brown-Menges, Port St. Lucie
A protester is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
ICE was the perpetrator
Letter writer Mark Goldstein of Boca Raton wrote about the “rioters” facing ICE in Minnesota.
But the only violence that was perpetrated on that day was by ICE.
Anyone who saw the videos knows that Renee Good at no time threatened an agent.
Moreover, she told her assailant “I don’t hate you” before he shot and killed her.
I wonder if Goldstein felt the same way about the “peaceful protesters” involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol, who assaulted police officers?
Bob Chaban, Boynton Beach
‘The real bad guys’ in Minnesota
Have you watched the video of what the “peaceful” protesters were doing to ICE agents in Minnesota? If you call that peaceful, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.
Instead of working with ICE to rid their state of criminals and illegals, the mayor, governor and state attorney general ratcheted up so-called peaceful protests to espouse violence against federal law enforcement.
Who are the real bad guys? The Minnesota politicians resurrecting the George Floyd debacle. Why can’t the Sun Sentinel and Minnesota leaders join hands with law enforcement to bring justice and sanity back to their city and state?
I guess as long as President Trump is in office, the liberal left and Sun Sentinel will be against everything the Trump administration says or does.
Chuck Lehmann, Delray Beach
Don’t shoot at a moving vehicle
As a Vietnam vet and later as an officer with NYPD, I would never fire on a vehicle unless I was being fired upon.
There seemed ample room and time (for the agent) to move away. To Renee Good, I ask: Why drive away? There were important issues to consider (such as the future of her three children).
Consider, too, the behavior of the driver’s spouse, who loudly told Ms. Good, “Drive, baby. drive!” I believe that this prompted her to move forward with her SUV, causing Good’s death.
It’s shameful that an innocent person lost her life due to the behavior of two people who did not make reasonable or correct decisions. This is my belief, and I am saddened.
Louis Cohen, Tamarac
The answer is “nej”
How do you say “NO” in Danish?
Scot McCluskey, Davie
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