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Federal agent took 'trophy' photo of woman he shot: victim

The New Republic reports a federal agent likely used his cellphone to nab a “trophy” photo of Chicago resident and U.S. citizen Marimar Martinez after Border Patrol agents shot her five times in Chicago.

Martinez, who said the memory haunts her to this day, testified before Congress Tuesday about how she was shot while monitoring agent’s activities from her car in Chicago and warning her neighbors.

The New Republic reports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initially claimed that when the officers exited their vehicle, Martinez tried to run them over, "forcing the officers to fire defensively." President Donald Trump’s DOJ charged her with felony assault of a federal officer — despite her being the one ending up in the hospital.

But it was as she was leaving the hospital that agents renewed her horror at the Trump administration. After three hours of treatment, doctors discharged Martinez into the custody of the FBI, who she says treated her like a hunting prize.

“As we left the hospital, I was escorted out through the back in a wheelchair. I observed over dozens of Border Patrol agents waiting outside the hospital. One of the agents came up to me with his cell phone and took a photograph of me.” Martinez said. “It was the same agent who had previously kept coming in and out [of my hospital] room, and I had to repeatedly tell him to leave. I told him I did not consent … but he did not care. It still haunts me that this agent has my photo on his phone. Was this the agent that shot me? Was this a trophy for him?”

Martinez argued before Congress that the agent had no legitimate reason to take her picture after her arrest unless it was for the purpose of collecting a “trophy” for himself.

The New Republic pointed out that Charles Exum, the agent who shot Martinez, bragged in text messages afterward that “I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys.”

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Renee Good shooting 'much worse' for Trump admin after video breakdown: ex-federal agent

NBC News reporter Ryan J. Reilly posted a comment he received from a former federal agent who was astounded by a slowed-down and annotated analysis of the video showing the shooting death of Minneapolis mom Renee Nicole Good.

In a message, Reilly received, the agent said that they'd watched the slower version of the video posted by the New York Times, which highlights the location of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross' limbs, was near the car.

"I watched it," the former agent began, "that actually made it much worse. He never should have been in front of the SUV. We are trained to do not get in front of a vehicle like that, there's only bad outcomes."

One of the claims from Homeland Security and the White House was that Good was trying to run over the officer. Another was that Good was reaching for a weapon and the agent was afraid for his life. All of the videos disprove those claims.

"Also, his video clearly shows she was not surreptitiously reaching for any objects within the vehicle drivers compartment, so the only defense for the agent would be that she was trying to run him over, which clearly isn't the case, as emphasized by the fact that his legs were out of the way," the former agent described.

"This video also shows the SUV was moving so slowly that even in icy conditions, he should've just moved out of the way," the agent added. "In the Department of Justice, we are prohibited from using deadly force purely to prevent escape. Bad shoot all around."

The Department of Homeland Security continues to deny these accounts.

View Reilly's post below:

A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:

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— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) January 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM

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Federal agents shoot man in North Minneapolis: report

Federal agents have reportedly shot another person in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shooting victim is currently being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Minneapolis-based Fox affiliate KMSP reported Wednesday that the shooting occurred at roughly 7:30 PM local time, in the 600 block of 24th Avenue North in Minneapolis. While the specific federal agency involved in the shooting has not yet been named, KMSP reported that no local law enforcement agencies were involved in the non-fatal shooting.

According to the Minnesota Star-Tribune, a man was shot in the leg following an "immigration enforcement operation." The shooting reportedly took place following a chase in which federal agents pursued the man through North Minneapolis.

The shooting takes place roughly a week after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot 37 year-old U.S. citizen Renee Good. Top officials in President Donald Trump's administration maintain that Good was attempting to run over Ross with her vehicle, though video filmed by Ross shows Good turning her steering wheel away from agents seconds before she was killed.

This is a developing story.

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CNN host laughs at MAGA's 'nutty' defense of Minneapolis shooting

Author, attorney and CNN host Michael Smerconish couldn't help but laugh when reading one MAGA supporter's take on this week's fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

During a Saturday segment on his show "Smerconish," the CNN host read social media reactions to the death of 37 year-old mother Renee Good at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross. One supporter of President Donald Trump wrote: "You are making it way to[sic] complicated. The rule should be 'if you run from the police - you'll be shot.' Your analysis is pure gobblygook[sic]."

"What? Are you s—— me? If you run from the police, you'll be shot? That should be the standard?" Smerconish asked incredulously. "Surely you jest. If you run from the police you'll be shot. That's the world in which you want to live?"

Smerconish then offered a hypothetical situation that he was a lawbreaker who committed a minor infraction and ran away from law enforcement, and thus faced summary execution under the social media user's proposed rule.

"By the way, I'm a shoplifter. I'm a car thief. I'm a pickpocket artist. And the police happen upon the scene, and I run, and you want me shot? Without regard for any standard as to serious bodily harm or death being in play? No," Smerconish said.

"There's a country for you, and it's behind an iron curtain," he added. "And it's probably a place where they chop off your hand as well. That is nutty."

New video emerged on Friday of the shooting of Renee Good, which was recorded by Ross just moments before he fired the fatal shots. Good can be seen turning her steering wheel all the way to the right before driving away, which undermines the Trump administration's claim that she was intent on running over Ross.

Watch the segment below:

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'I'm not mad!' New video of Renee Good shows calm exchange before she was shot

A new video has emerged of the moments just before Minneapolis, Minnesota resident Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross.

On Friday, Minnesota-based conservative site Alpha News posted cellphone video that appears to have been taken by Ross prior to him shooting Good — a 37 year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three. The person filming is seen walking around Good's vehicle, and when filming Good's face, she's seen smiling and talking to the videographer. The video also shows a dog in the backseat of Good's vehicle.

"That's fine, dude! I'm not mad at you," Good is heard saying.

After the person filming captures the car's license plate, one person filming the ICE officer is heard in the background saying: "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."

As the confrontation between the ICE agent and the person filming the agent continues, a masked ICE agent is seen walking toward Good, and is heard saying: "Get out of the car. Get out of the f—— car." The person who was filming the ICE agent also tries to open into the passenger-side door.

At that point, Good attempts to drive away from the scene. She's seen in the video turning her steering wheel all the way to the right before accelerating. Then, the videographer's phone points away from the scene and several gunshots are heard. After Good's car slams to a stop, a person in the background can be heard saying: "F—— b——."

Watch the video below:

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Former RNC spokesman questions why 'trigger-happy' agent was deployed in Minneapolis

Bulwark editor Sam Stein and podcaster Tim Miller blasted the Trump administration for knowingly deploying a “trigger-happy” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent back onto streets to kill a Minneapolis mother.

That agent, Jonathan Ross, was based out of the agency’s St. Paul field office before he shot Renee Good in the face and killed her Wednesday, setting off a political firestorm and a flurry of defensive accusations from the White House.

Vice President JD Vance slammed the press for covering Ross firing upon the woman as she pulled away in her vehicle, accusing reporters of not being more understanding of the officer’s fear of cars.

“The way that the media by and large has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day. What that headline leaves out is the fact that that very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago, 33 stitches in his leg,” Vance told reporters on Thursday. “So, you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile?”

“The thing that caught my eye was this ICE officer who apparently has been hit before, had 30 stitches, put it in his leg, and according to JD Vance, therefore is justified for being trigger-happy,” said Stein. “I'm sorry, but if you think this guy is trigger-happy because he's been hit by a car, don't put him in a situation like that. That's obvious. Why would you deploy someone who you admit is trigger-happy? It's just totally irresponsible. This administration's entire approach to justifying what happened is impossible, kind of repulsive, but also doesn't make any sense whatsoever.”

Miller, a former Republican National Committee (RNC) spokesperson and ex-speechwriter for President George W. Bush, asked why Ross was standing in front of Good’s vehicle if he has a learned fear of cars in the first place.

“The theory that this guy's trigger-happy because he got run over by a car before, and so goes and walks and stands right in front of the driver of this car and starts screaming — like, the whole thing doesn't [make sense] like that,” Miller said. “You have an obligation as a public servant, as somebody that works for all of us, for starters, to show your face. And No. 2: to use discretion. There should be a higher bar for police than. … I’m just saying a law enforcement official should be better trained.”

Watch the Bulwark podcast at this link.

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'Diehard Trump supporter' accuses administration of acting like 'tyrants'

A self-proclaimed ‘diehard Trump supporter’ in Minnesota warned the president to tone down his rhetoric in response to the recent fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Cassius Price, speaking Thursday with MS NOW reporter Alex Tabet, claims he voted for President Donald Trump three times, but found his faith shaken in response to the administration's falsehoods after Wednesday's shooting of 37 year-old Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good.

“I know that we're trying to hit immigration, … but let's follow the laws. Follow the Constitution. There's no rewriting that,” said Price. “You know, this is America. This is our community. And they're coming in and they're not following the laws. They're going about it their own way [and] they're being tyrants right now. They're doing things that they're not supposed to that is inhumane. And they're hurting people. They're killing people. And it needs to stop.”

Price was dismissive of the administration’s claim that Good had tried to run over immigration agents with her car, and he slammed Trump for painting the victim as a domestic terrorist. Price said he lived in Good’s neighborhood and did not see truth in that description.

“I'm very disappointed because obviously [Trump] is showing something and making a story. He's turning the story. This is not what happened,” said Price. “Obviously, if you've seen the video, the lady, she did not try to hit [the agent.]. She was obviously afraid. That doesn't give you the right to shoot and kill and gun someone down. This is my neighbor.”

Price also blasted Vice President JD Vance for defending ICE agents over one of their victims.

“When you make your bed, you should lay in it, and I think that they're not doing a good job,” Price said of untrained ICE troops. “I think that they're doing a lot of cover-ups. And it's not okay. I get it: you guys are trying to defend the guys you put out there, but sometimes you have to change the play. You know you can't win the game and you got to change the play. Make it right, and do what's good.”

“Be a good human being,” Price added.

Watch the interview below:

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Minneapolis woman killed by federal agents was a widow with a 6-year-old son

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports the woman shot in the face and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday was a widow with a young son.

“[Renee Nicole] Good had previously been married to Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., who died in 2023 at the age of 37,” reports the Star Tribune. “Macklin’s father, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., was shocked to hear the news that Good had been shot and killed.”

“There’s nobody else in his life,” said Macklin Sr. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”

Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, said the family was notified of the death late Wednesday morning.

“That’s so stupid” that she was killed, Ganger told reporters. “She was probably terrified.”

Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem called Good a domestic terrorist and accused her of being one of several “rioters” blocking ICE agents with her car and allegedly trying to run them over.

Ganger said her daughter is “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to the people protesting ICE in Minneapolis.

“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” said Ganger. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”

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Video appears to show federal agents preventing doctor from helping shooting victim

A video obtained by HuffPost appears to show federal agents preventing a man who identified himself as a physician from assisting the 37-year old woman fatally shot by an agent on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

In the video, a federal agent tells the man to “back up now,” while he shouts, “I’m a physician!”

Another voice, apparently a federal agent, says, “I don’t care,” while another says, “We’ve got EMS coming.”

When he says, “We have medics on scene, we have our own medics,” a bystander shouts, “Where are they?”

She continues, “How can I relax, you just killed my f – – neighbor!” then asks, “How do you show up to work every day?”

“You’re killing my neighbors, you’re stealing my neighbors, what the f – – man?”

The now-deceased woman, who has been identified as Renee Good, was shot “after a group of people began blocking officers during an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis, the Department of Homeland Security said,” NBC News reported.

Some witness descriptions and videos that flooded social media conflict with official statements from DHS.

“Details remained in dispute,” The New York Times reported, “with President Trump saying the agents had acted in self-defense on social media, while state and local officials described federal accounts of the shooting with terms like ‘propaganda’ and ‘garbage.'”

According to BBC News, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the officer “defensively shot to protect himself.” But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey “disputes federal officials’ account of the shooting, and demands ICE agents leave the city.”

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Here's how many people have been shot and killed by Trump's federal agents in just 1 year

President Donald Trump's second term will enter its second year on January 20, and there is already a running tally on the number of people who have been either killed or wounded by U.S. immigration agents.

Nonprofit gun violence news outlet The Trace reported Wednesday that after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Trump administration immigration officials have so far killed four people and shot five others since Trump officially took office last year. There have also been 28 incidents in which federal agents held people at gunpoint during immigration operations, and 14 shootings.

"They include the shootings of three people observing or documenting ICE raids; the shootings of five people driving away from traffic stops or evading an enforcement action; and the September 30 raid on a Chicago apartment building, during which half-asleep tenants and their children were held at gunpoint," wrote The Trace's Jennifer Mascia.

Mascia noted one particularly controversial shooting in which U.S. citizen Marimar Martinez was shot by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Chicago, Illinois last October. Martinez was shot five times but survived.

"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes," read a text message from the officer who shot Martinez. "Put that in your book boys."

According to The Trace, there have also been 13 incidents in which federal immigration agents fired less-than-lethal munitions (like pepper balls and rubber bullets) at both suspects and the public. Mascia wrote that those munitions "can cause welts and burning in the lungs and eyes."

"[The Trump administration is] describing what’s happening to cities across the United States as an invasion and using language and imagery that’s evocative of war," Ohio State University law professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández told The Trace. "The fact that immigration agents are responding in a way that is more aggressive than what is customary cannot be divorced from the fact that the rhetoric that leading figures in the Trump administration, including the president himself, are using is far more aggressive than what is customary."

Click here to read The Trace's report in full.

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