The household of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis girl shot useless by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent earlier this month, has issued a public assertion after being pressured to confront false on-line claims that she had a felony historical past.37-year-old Good was killed on January 7 after an ICE agent opened fireplace in ‘self-defence’ after her SUV clipped him throughout an encounter in a residential neighbourhood. Within the days that adopted, unverified rumours about her felony historical past went viral on social media.
Good’s sister-in-law broke the silence and addressed the rumours on Fb. Morgan Fletcher mentioned the household had remained quiet till they might put collectively a response. “I’ve been fairly quiet about this, as a result of I wished to attend till our household might piece collectively an announcement … and it’s lastly printed,” she wrote.Fletcher mentioned the household by no means anticipated the dying to turn into a nationwide debate. “You by no means suppose the passing of a cherished one will probably be excessive profile … or a massively divisive, political matter,” she mentioned.She described how the net assaults impacted the grieving household. “We’re grieving. Closely. And sure, we see everybody’s posts and feedback. Some in assist but in addition, the nasty ones ripping aside our lovely and beloved Renee.”Addressing the rumours, Fletcher added, “And we’ve seen the false claims and the mistaken Renee Good’s information being posted (felony historical past? She didn’t have one.)”The New York Put up mentioned it discovered no proof that Good had any felony document.Fletcher mentioned there was no motive for hatred regardless of individuals having completely different opinions on the capturing: “Irrespective of the place you stand on the problem of ICE or whether or not or not you suppose she did or didn’t deserve what occurred, please bear in mind she was a human being and she or he had family members … together with youngsters who can and can probably see all of this stuff about their mom … and her spouse, whom she cherished dearly.”Good’s killing sparked protests throughout Minneapolis with tens of hundreds of individuals participating in rallies and marches towards ICE operations within the metropolis.A number of movies and completely different angles of the capturing have emerged, exhibiting ICE brokers approaching Good’s automobile earlier than agent Jonathan Ross fired a number of pictures because the automotive moved away and later crashed.
