Renee Good’s partner broke her silence as the family sued Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem over her ICE shooting under an 1871 anti-KKK law

Renee Good’s partner, Becca Good, has spoken publicly for the first time as the family filed two federal civil lawsuits over Good’s fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. The 37-year-old mother of three was shot on January 7, 2026, during an enforcement operation in south Minneapolis.

As reported by UNILAD, the lawsuits were filed by Becca Good and Good’s brother, Brent Ganger, nine months after the shooting. Becca Good described Renee as “the love of my life” while speaking to reporters, according to IBTimes UK, adding that no child should grow up without a parent.

The first lawsuit targets the United States government, alleging wrongful death, battery, assault, false imprisonment, emotional distress, and negligence. The second names Jonathan Ross, identified as the ICE officer who fired the shots, along with senior officials including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The family is leaning on a law written to stop Klan violence

The civil rights suit invokes the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a Reconstruction-era law passed to combat organized campaigns of violence and intimidation, as detailed by Newsweek. The plaintiffs allege that Miller directed Twin Cities operations through daily calls with Noem and then-acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, telling them to send agents to force confrontations with observers and protesters.

The defendants also include border czar Tom Homan, Corey Lewandowski, former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, and 10 unnamed federal agents. The allegations have not yet been tested in court, and the lawsuits were filed amid the same news cycle as a hotel worker’s resignation notice dispute.

Good was sitting behind the wheel of her SUV as tensions between protesters and federal agents escalated, and agents demanded that she step out of the vehicle. Becca Good, who was present, urged her partner, “Drive, baby, drive!”

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner later classified Good’s death as a homicide, a ruling that means her death was caused by another person but does not determine criminal responsibility. Federal officials have maintained that the officer acted in self-defense and described Good’s actions as “an act of domestic terrorism.”

Seventeen days after Good’s death, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, was fatally shot by federal immigration agents on January 24, 2026. Footage appears to show agents grappling with Pretti and pinning him to the ground before an agent shouts that he had a gun and officers open fire.

A preliminary government review found that the shooting began about five seconds after that warning. Both of the Good family’s lawsuits were filed on October 1 in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota.