Sadness is heavy and hurt is ugly but sadness, together, is beautiful—it reaches through tragedy without ignoring it, without ignoring it, into what is real and good in our hearts—all of us, together. There are so many of us who are good and sad and ready to be cheerful, again, as we rise again and heal and restore. Pick ’em up with worn out tools and begin again. ⁠
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Relephant: My favorite poem.

Update:

Beautiful statement from Good’s wife. “Jana Shortal (Kare11) reads a message from Rebecca, wife of Renee Good.”

First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.

This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.

Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow. Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.
Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles.

What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy. And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.
We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.

On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.

We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.

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And gosh I love Colbert. I’ll miss him when he’s kicked off air.

“So the message from this administration is clear: only they determine the truth, and when their forces come to your city, obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey.”

“This should be an alarm bell for the entire country, whether you live in a red state or a blue state.”

“Because if we let this go on, regardless of who your state voted for, one day you’ll have unaccountable armed government agents acting with impunity in your town.”

So peacefully, and non-violently, please let your leaders know you don’t want that.”

~ Stephen Colbert

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Original article follows:

“She was a widow. They made her child an orphan.”

I just watched two four video angles. Clear as day, it’s murder. No reason for it. She was not trying to run over anyone—that’s lies and defending and spinning the indefensible stuff. This is heartbreaking.

ICE just murdered a woman in broad daylight. Are you okay with this, America? Watch the video, in our link in bio. We are not in a good place rn.

What is wrong with US?

Yes, we are led by a divisive conman, a hateful likely pedo and certain assaulter. He’s gagging for a distraction, a riot, an excuse to go hard on fellow Americans. So scared of actual Epstein files. Distraction and division and hate and fear is all he has. It’s not much when faced with a unified loving country.

But so many, if only a minority, still support him. Using every tragedy as an opportunity to spin truth into lies into hate. Too many Americans (a few in comments) have drunk the lies down deep.

As Jon Stewart just reminded us, he’s open about wanting to be the all-powerful ruler, to be corrupt, to be self-serving, to be above the law.

Dear MAGA: what happened to your “Don’t Tread on Me” attitude. You’re spinning and defending the coming of fascism to America only because it’s on your “side.” But democracy doesn’t have sides: we are all Americans, and should all be fighting peaceably for our shared freedoms.

A mother, 37 years old, from Colorado, living in Minneapolis. Her baby had already lost its father, and now will grow up without both its parents. Photos on AP from the scene show blood everywhere in her Honda, right beside children’s stuffed animal toys on the dash.

There’s an 8-minute video of the aftermath where ICE doesn’t attempt any life-saving measures and forcibly prevents a doctor from rendering aid. “I’m a physician!” “I don’t care,” is the response.

“She was a widow. They made her child an orphan.”

“The glove compartment filled with little toys is ******* sad. This was probably a nice person.” ~ a comment

Her widow’s father response is gut-wrenching: “There’s nobody else in his life,” Macklin Sr. said. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”

Trump’s response, and the government’s response, are full of blatant lies. The ICE agent walked back and forth after the shooting, uninjured, unhurried.

THE WHEELS ARE FULLY TURNED AWAY FROM THE OFFICER.Watch in SLOW MO.No intention IMO to hit anyone.Sole intention based on wheel/steering wheel to LEAVE the scene NOT A THREAT.Look at the wheel.
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The Minneapolis Woman Who was Shot in the Face and Killed by ICE Agents DID NOT try to Block the Road — Video Shows she Attempted to YEILD to their Vehicle Before Pulling Out
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2026-01-07 – Minneapolis ICE Killing – All angles synced – 10m57s
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Here ICE are telling everyone was ran over and recovering in hospital…
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For more photos, Elephant’s Instagram.

Jana Shortal (Kare11) reads a message from Rebecca, wife of Renee Good.
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“Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow.”
~ German Professor on the Nazi dictatorship (Milton Meyer, They Thought They Were Free)