Patriot Brief
DHS sources say Renee Good was affiliated with “ICE Watch,” a group that monitors and disrupts ICE operations.
Officials say the confrontation escalated after she allegedly used her vehicle to interfere with agents.
Federal officials, including Kristi Noem, argue the agent fired in self-defense and followed training.
Renee Good’s death is tragic, full stop. But the media and activist chorus trying to frame this as “innocent mom killed while observing” doesn’t square with the reporting that’s out there.
According to DHS sources cited by Fox News, Good wasn’t just standing on a sidewalk with a clipboard. She was allegedly part of ICE Watch — a group that operates in sanctuary cities and doesn’t merely “watch,” but actively monitors and interferes with enforcement operations. They call themselves “legal observers,” but when the behavior shifts from observing to obstructing, that label starts looking like a costume you put on to feel righteous while you gum up the works.
The details matter here. DHS sources claim Good followed ICE agents to multiple locations, and the incident that ended her life happened after she allegedly blocked a street and used her vehicle in a way officers viewed as threatening. Kristi Noem’s defense of the shooting boils it down to the ugly reality: when someone uses a vehicle to endanger officers, the officer has seconds to decide whether he’s going home alive.
This is the part liberals never want to talk about: sanctuary-city culture doesn’t just “protect families.” It trains people to treat federal agents like the enemy — to harass them, surround them, block them, and escalate encounters. That isn’t compassion. It’s political theater with real-world consequences.
None of this is “celebrate it” talk. It’s “learn from it” talk. If activist groups are training people to physically interfere with armed law enforcement during an operation, you are manufacturing disaster. And when disaster shows up, everybody suddenly wants to pretend the only factor was evil cops and pure angels.
No. Actions have gravity. And when you step into the middle of a high-risk enforcement situation and start playing street-level resistance games, you can get people hurt — including yourself.
From Western Journal:
Renee Good, who was killed Wednesday during a confrontation with members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, belonged to a group dedicated to antagonizing ICE agents in their efforts to round up illegal immigrants, according to a new report.
Fox News reported that it was told by Department of Homeland Security sources that Good was a member of “ICE Watch.”
The group, which Fox said it was told is active in many sanctuary cities, works to oppose, interfere with, and monitor ICE activity.
DHS sources said that the group’s members call themselves “legal observers” even as they interfere with ICE operations.
: #NEW: Renee Good wasn’t just a random “legal observer” mom.
She was a member of ICE Watch, a radical group trained to monitor, block vehicles, and disrupt ICE operations in sanctuary cities.
DHS sources confirm she was part of this anti-ICE activist network.
Was she paid… pic.twitter.com/s5xIlcYFJy
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) January 9, 2026
DHS said Good followed ICE agents to two other locations before she was shot in an incident that took place after she had blocked a street to interfere with ICE operations.
Fox said that groups such as ICE Watch in other communities have used vehicles to block ICE officers or strike them.
Good connected with activists opposed to ICE through Southside Family Charter School, according to the New York Post.
The Post cited sources that said the woke school puts “social justice first” and prioritizes “involving kids in political and social activism,” multiple local sources said.
“She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,” a mother named Leesa, another parent connected to the school, told the news outlet.
The woman said Good “was trained against these ICE agents — what to do, what not to do, it’s a very thorough training.”
She said Good was taught “To listen to commands, to know your rights, to whistle when you see an ICE agent,” she added.
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