Renee Good's courage shows our single best hope lays with ordinary people

Resistance moms will save us
Renee Good's courage shows our single best hope lays with ordinary people

By Amanda Marcotte
Senior Writer
Published January 14, 2026 6:45AM (EST)


(Salon) One of the most disturbing videos of Donald Trump‘s invasion of Minneapolis features federal agents manhandling two Target employees, who scream their names at onlookers and insist they’re citizens (which appears to be true). A few minutes later, the victims were released in another parking lot, injured and bleeding. All the details are disturbing, from distressed onlookers trying to get the young men’s contact information during the initial assault to people yelling “they tortured him” as a newly released victim sobs like the child he reportedly is. But the moment that stood out most to me was when one good Samaritan asked plaintively while helping the distressed teenager, “We got to be able to call somebody.”

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After the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, Trump’s corrupt administration has been in full cover-up mode, signaling to immigration officers on the ground that they can do whatever they want to people — including kill them — without any consequences. The goal is to scare ordinary people into giving up and hiding in their homes, afraid they will be the next to be shot or taken away in a van to be tortured.

Instead, the opposite is happening. Realizing there is no one out there who will swoop in and save them, the everyday people of Minnesota are, like Good, standing up for their community. Alex Tabet of MSNOW reported Monday that community organizers in Minneapolis told him there has been a “surge of volunteers” since Good’s death and “more more people are raising their hands, asking to help out, resist the ICE raids” — all “despite the fact that it’s clearly a dangerous behavior.”

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But time and again, those videos also show reason for hope: Ordinary people are refusing to comply. They film Noem’s secret police, blowing whistles and making a fuss, even as those masked cowards attack them. They calmly reply, camera in hand, “Go to church,” as ICE officers bellow violent threats at them. Crowds gather and run ICE agents off — just by being peaceful but annoying. In one incident, a woman at home with her baby gives sanctuary to her DoorDash driver, yelling at officers outside that she will not open the door until they return with a warrant. ..............(more)

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