JANM is Shocked and Deeply Saddened by the ICE Shooting of Renee Good

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LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is shocked and deeply saddened by the shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a poet, writer, wife, mother, and US citizen who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the subsequent, ongoing escalation of intimidation tactics and agency brutality against the people of that community. Good dropped off her youngest child at school and was driving home with her current partner when they encountered ICE agents on a snowy street in Minneapolis. One officer demanded the driver open the door and grabbed the car door handle. When the car began to pull forward, another officer standing in front of the car pulled out his weapon and fired shots at close range, killing Good. 

“JANM is deeply concerned by the reckless escalation of force that led to the killing of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a US citizen simply living her life and caring for her family. Her death occurred amid an expansive ICE operation and a federal narrative marked by cruelty, inhumanity, and zero public transparency and accountability. What is happening today not only raises grave concerns about the protection of civil rights and due process but also harkens back to the Japanese American incarceration during World War II—one of the most shameful chapters in America’s history. JANM was established to preserve that history—a time when federal agencies acted with sweeping authority, justified by fear and racial prejudice, resulting in the loss of liberty, property, and dignity for more than 125,000 people. The actions taken back then and now reflect the real human cost of enforcement practices shaped by fear-based rhetoric and the unchecked expansion of federal power,” said Ann Burroughs, JANM President and CEO.

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