Cellphone footage recorded by the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good captured Good’s final words: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.”
The 47-second video, recorded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, was released by the Trump administration Friday in an attempt to provide the officer’s perspective of the events that unfolded in Minneapolis on January 7.
The video shows Ross exiting his vehicle and approaching Good’s maroon Honda Pilot while actively recording with his cellphone. Throughout the encounter, Ross circled Good’s SUV with his phone camera pointed at the vehicle, even as he positioned himself in front of it.
A woman outside the car says to the agent, “Show your face, big boy, show your face.”
Ross moves to the rear of Good’s SUV, woman outside of the car says, “That’s OK, we don’t change our plates every morning.”
“Just so you know. It’ll be the same plate when you come talk to us later,” the woman said.
“That’s fine. U.S. citizen, former f—ing veteran, disabled veteran, you want to come at us? You want to come at us?” the woman said.
“I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy. Go ahead,” she said.
At that point, another ICE agent approaches the driver’s side of Good’s SUV, saying, “Out of the car. Out of the car. Get out of the fucking car. Get out of the car.”
Ross continues around the front of the car, moving to the driver-side window.
The second woman walks over to Good’s car, and said, “Drive baby, drive!” as she grabs the door handle.
The SUV backs up slightly after another car moves around, and then Good’s car moves forward.
Ross’s phone was not even directed at Good when he opened fire. The camera angle did not capture any contact between him and the vehicle, though officials maintain he acted in self-defense.
The footage captures Good’s composure and non-confrontational demeanor in her final moments. As Ross approached her driver’s side window, Good smiled at him with her left arm resting outside the window and said, “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you. I’m not mad at any of you.”
Another ICE agent approached the driver’s side and shouted, “Get out of the f****** car”. Moments later, as Ross positioned himself in front of the vehicle, Becca Good urged her wife to “Drive, baby, drive!”.
The video shows Good reversing slightly, then turning her steering wheel to the right as she accelerated forward, attempting to drive away from Ross. Ross shouted “Woah!” and, while still holding his cellphone, drew his weapon and fired multiple shots into the vehicle.
After the shooting, as Good’s SUV rolled down the street before crashing, a voice can be heard saying, “Fucking bitch.” Even after firing the fatal shots, Ross remained clutching his phone with the camera app still active.
The following is a statement from Becca Good:
“First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.
This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.
Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow. Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.
Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles.
What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy. And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.
We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.
On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.
We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.”
