Candles, flowers and whistles filled the patch of snow where Good’s car crashed after she was shot near the intersection of Portland Avenue and 34th Street.
The vigil drew community members, civil rights activists, and elected officials who called for accountability and demanded the prosecution of the agent involved in the shooting.
Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights lawyer, was one of many speakers who paid tribute to Good at the vigil. “She did not deserve to be gunned down in cold blood for standing up for her neighbor,” Armstrong said.
Carly Morford, of northeast Minneapolis, said she was moved to come to the vigil after seeing video of the killing and was appalled the Trump administration labeled Good a “domestic terrorist.”
Several speakers called for the prosecution of the agent who shot Good. The crowd chanted, “No Trump, no troops, Twin Cities ain’t licking boots.”
State Rep. Aisha Gomez closed her comments at the vigil “by doing something I’ve never done before: Quote Jacob Frey. ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Minneapolis City Council members identified Good in a joint statement as a resident who was “out caring for her neighbors” when she was killed. “Renee was a resident of our city who was out caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken today at the hands of the federal government,” the council said.
The killing has reopened wounds from the 2020 Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd, less than a mile away, which ignited widespread protests in the city and a national reckoning over racism and police violence.
Mayor Jacob Frey, who is sometimes at odds with the city’s more progressive residents, drew praise for his blunt statements on the shooting. “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,” Frey said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. “Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bullshit.”
Minneapolis City Council members, including Robin Wonsley and Jamal Osman, addressed the crowd at the vigil.
Demonstrations continued Thursday morning, with protesters gathering near the Whipple Federal Building. Minneapolis public school classes were canceled for the rest of the week.
Good’s death has become a rallying cry for people working to disrupt President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, which involves heavily armed, masked federal officers in select cities, including Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, and Memphis.
