The aftermath of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in photos
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
AP’s photo framing invites readers to see this as a simple morality play: grieving community, faceless federal force. But that lens skips over the first question any responsible newsroom should ask after a shooting by an agent of the state: what happened, exactly, and what rules governed the encounter? Conservatives don’t defend chaos or bad policing.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters confronted federal officers in Minneapolis on Thursday, a day after 37-year-old Renee Good was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. The shooting intensified tensions amid the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of officers
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AP’s photo framing invites readers to see this as a simple morality play: grieving community, faceless federal force. But that lens skips over the first question any responsible newsroom should ask after a shooting by an agent of the state: what happened, exactly, and what rules governed the encounter?
Conservatives don’t defend chaos or bad policing. We insist on due process and transparent accountability for any federal officer who uses deadly force. At the same time, turning a pending investigation into a street referendum undermines public trust and pressures officials to decide by optics instead of facts.
There’s also the broader context AP glances past. Immigration enforcement is not theater. It is rule of law and, increasingly, national security. If deployments are necessary, they must be disciplined, lawful, and limited.
The principle at stake is simple: enforce the law without fear or favoritism, and investigate force without pre-judging the result.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.