{"id":12355,"date":"2026-01-14T21:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12355"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:15:24","slug":"federal-agents-keep-invoking-killing-of-renee-good-to-threaten-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12355","title":{"rendered":"Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"has-underline\">Amid heated protests<\/span> in Minneapolis following the <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/01\/07\/video-ice-shooting-civilian-minneapolis\/\">killing of Renee Good<\/a> by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/01\/08\/ice-agent-identified-shooting-minneapolis-jonathan-ross\/\">Jonathan Ross,<\/a> federal agents have repeatedly invoked Good\u2019s death to threaten the lives of observers and demonstrators in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>In multiple confrontations in the Minneapolis area, agents repeatedly referred to civilians learning their lesson \u2014 in an apparent nod to the use of deadly force in Ross\u2019s killing. In a video posted to Reddit, a masked ICE agent can be heard repeatedly admonishing a driver to \u201cgo home to your kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stop fucking following us,&#8221; the ICE agent screams.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\">\n<p> <!-- BLOCK(oembed)[0](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22OEMBED%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22EMBED%22%7D)(%7B%22embedHtml%22%3A%22%3Ciframe%20title%3D%5C%22VideoPress%20Video%20Player%5C%22%20aria-label%3D%27VideoPress%20Video%20Player%27%20width%3D%27562%27%20height%3D%271000%27%20src%3D%27https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fvideopress.com%5C%2Fembed%5C%2Fp9xQF6VD%3Fcover%3D1%26amp%3BautoPlay%3D1%26amp%3Bcontrols%3D1%26amp%3Bloop%3D0%26amp%3Bmuted%3D1%26amp%3BpersistVolume%3D0%26amp%3Bplaysinline%3D1%26amp%3BpreloadContent%3Dmetadata%26amp%3BuseAverageColor%3D1%26amp%3Bhd%3D0%27%20frameborder%3D%270%27%20allowfullscreen%20data-resize-to-parent%3D%5C%22true%5C%22%20allow%3D%27clipboard-write%27%3E%3C%5C%2Fiframe%3E%3Cscript%20src%3D%27https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fv0.wordpress.com%5C%2Fjs%5C%2Fnext%5C%2Fvideopress-iframe.js%3Fm%3D1739540970%27%3E%3C%5C%2Fscript%3E%22%2C%22endpoint%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fpublic-api.wordpress.com%5C%2Foembed%5C%2F%3Ffor%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftheintercept.com%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22unknown%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fvideopress.com%5C%2Fv%5C%2Fp9xQF6VD%3FresizeToParent%3D1%26cover%3D1%26autoPlay%3D1%26controls%3D1%26loop%3D0%26muted%3D1%26persistVolume%3D0%26playsinline%3D1%26preloadContent%3Dmetadata%26sbc%26sbpc%26sblc%26useAverageColor%3D1%22%7D) --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label=\"VideoPress Video Player\" width=\"562\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/p9xQF6VD?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow=\"clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><!-- END-BLOCK(oembed)[0] --><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Phil Maddox, a local resident, told The Intercept he recorded the video on Sunday morning during a quick drive around his neighborhood to keep tabs on federal agents in the area. After briefly following one unmarked car, he said another car boxed him into an alley, and he found himself surrounded by agents, including at least one with his gun drawn.<\/p>\n<p>As the video continues, Maddox pans his phone camera to reveal another agent standing by the passenger-side door with a handgun drawn. Stomping back past the car, the first agent continues his tirade, telling Maddox that he won\u2019t \u201clike the outcome\u201d if he follows the agents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not learn from what just happened?\u201d the ICE agent asks. \u201cGo home to your kids.\u201d Maddox said he immediately interpreted the question as a threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re saying, \u2018Get in our way and we&#8217;ll shoot you,\u2019\u201d Maddox said. \u201c\u2018We have immunity, we can do what we want, and you should fear us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Understanding what \u201clearning your lesson\u201d means as a warning goes beyond Maddox.<strong> <\/strong>The phrasing has been widely interpreted as a threat by protesters, activists, and advocates on the ground in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a veiled threat, 1,000 percent,\u201d Luis Argueta, a spokesperson for the immigrant rights group Unidos Minnesota, told The Intercept. \u201cThey can\u2019t exactly say it, but the way they reference Renee Good \u2014 they\u2019re using that to strike fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-right\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a veiled threat, 1,000 percent.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The threats have come amid broader scenes of violence inflicted against protesters in the Twin Cities by roving bands of ICE and Border Patrol agents. Thousands of agents have been deployed in phases by President Donald Trump as part of a massive immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. Over the weekend, agents were captured on camera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/immigration-agents-deploy-tear-gas-pepper-spray-minneapolis-confrontat-rcna253782\">pepper-spraying <\/a>observers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/border-patrol-agents-smash-car-window-detain-man-minnesota-11345885\">smashing <\/a>car <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTY5hpID6zz\/?hl=en\">windows<\/a> while followed closely by protesters blowing whistles and yelling at them. (The Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of ICE and Border Patrol, did not respond to a request for comment.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a classic situation of overreacting, over-policing, and ultimately use of excessive force,&#8221; said Andrew G. Celli Jr., an attorney specializing in police misconduct and constitutional rights. \u201cIt\u2019s tragic but predictable that the reaction has been as strong as it has been. And of course, when you have that kind of reaction that gets provoked, then the police, whose job it is to oversee and control crowds and demonstrations \u2014 they can sometimes overreact, and so it becomes a vicious cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- BLOCK(cta)[0](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22CTA%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22SHORTCODE%22%2C%22optional%22%3Atrue%7D)(%7B%7D) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- END-BLOCK(cta)[0] --><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that hundreds more federal agents would be deploying to the region, adding to the more than 2,000 agents who made up the surge that began on January 6. The violence continued on Monday as federal agents unleashed clouds of tear gas on a residential street, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FreedomNTV\/status\/2010792930076926218?s=20\">footage posted to social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s clashes set the stage for a lawsuit filed by state and local officials in Minnesota seeking to end Trump\u2019s surge of federal agents, which the administration claims is aimed at combating social-services fraud in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In an 80-page complaint filed in Minnesota District Court, the state of Minnesota, joined by the city governments of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, detailed a litany of abuses by federal agents under the aegis of what the Trump Administration has dubbed \u201cOperation Metro Surge,\u201d and the social, political, and economic impact it has had on the state. The suit, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, demands an end to the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the federal government itself violates legal rights and civic norms on such a broad scale and public panic is high, state and city governments bear the costs\u2014both tangible and intangible,\u201d the complaint read. \u201cDefendants\u2019 agents\u2019 reckless tactics endanger the public safety, health, and welfare of all Minnesotans. Additionally, Defendants\u2019 agents\u2019 inflammatory and unlawful policing tactics provoke the protests the federal government seeks to suppress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than one agent has been caught on camera in recent days invoking the idea of \u201clearning\u201d a \u201clesson.\u201d In a video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@milaisconfused44\/video\/7593508016771681549\">posted to TikTok<\/a>, one federal agent warns two separate people in separate vehicles that they have not learned the lessons of recent days \u2014 an apparent allusion to the killing of Good.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@milaisconfused44\/video\/7593508016771681549\" data-video-id=\"7593508016771681549\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@milaisconfused44\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@milaisconfused44?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@milaisconfused44<\/a>  <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"? original sound - mila???\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7593508178759846669?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">? original sound &#8211; mila???<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t fucking learn \u2014 what\u2019s fuckin\u2019 happened in the last couple of days,\u201d the agent says to someone as two other agents pat down the occupants of a car. Seconds later, the agent approaches a woman filming from a second vehicle and issues a similar warning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen, have y&#8217;all not learned from the past couple of days?&#8221; says the agent, who was clad in tactical gear without any insignia identifying his agency. &#8220;Have you not learned?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearned what?\u201d the woman responds. \u201cWhat\u2019s our lesson here? What do you want us to learn?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, the agent appears to swat at the phone in the woman\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing fucking federal agents,\u201d he says, before the video cuts out.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BLOCK(newsletter)[0](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22NEWSLETTER%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22SHORTCODE%22%2C%22optional%22%3Atrue%7D)(%7B%7D) --><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-embed flex-col items-center print:hidden\" id=\"third-party--article-mid\" data-module=\"InlineNewsletter\" data-module-source=\"web_intercept_20241230_Inline_Signup_Replacement\">\n<div class=\"-mx-5 sm:-mx-10 p-5 sm:px-10 xl:-ml-5 lg:mr-0 xl:px-5 bg-accentLight hidden\" data-name=\"subscribed\">\n<h2 class=\"font-sans font-light uppercase text-[30px] leading-8 text-white tracking-[0.01em] mb-0\">\n      We\u2019re independent of corporate interests \u2014 and powered by members. 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Filming the police, though, is not a crime. A majority of courts repeatedly and across jurisdictions have held that there is a constitutional right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2020\/06\/you-have-first-amendment-right-record-police\">record police and other law enforcement<\/a> carrying out their duties in public places, so long as an observer doesn\u2019t interfere with officials and complies with reasonable orders, such as keeping a safe distance.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"promote-banner\">\n    <a class=\"promote-banner__link\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/collections\/chilling-dissent\/\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"promote-banner__image\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?fit=300%2C150\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?w=300 300w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?w=768 768w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?w=540 540w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/collection_21_AP25080472815958.jpg.webp?w=1000 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/>        <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"promote-banner__text\">\n<p class=\"promote-banner__eyebrow\">\n            Read our complete coverage          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou can follow them around, you can film them, you can say, \u2018Hey, fuckhead,\u2019\u201d said Celli, who is a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward &amp; Maazel LLP. \u201cBut I\u00a0will tell you, after 25 years of representing people who do just that: You will likely get arrested. The Constitution is only as good as the people willing to follow it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the chaos, Celli said, is the fact that the agents from ICE and Border Patrol may be<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/06\/13\/ice-school-raid-long-island-new-york\/\"> out of their depth<\/a> when it comes to street-level enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guys are not street cops,\u201d Celli said. \u201cThey\u2019re not accustomed to this, and they\u2019re not trained for this. This isn\u2019t what they\u2019re supposed to be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maddox, who remained calm throughout the recorded interaction on Sunday, said only later did fear set in over what could have happened. He remained angry, however, about the impact that the raids were having on his children and on his neighbors, many of whom are Latino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one feels safer with [ICE] here,&#8221; he said. \u201cMy kids are scared their friends are going to get nabbed, or that their friends\u2019 parents or relatives or their neighbors will get nabbed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>#Federal #Agents #Invoking #Killing #Renee #Good #Threaten #Protesters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid heated protests in Minnea&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[246],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}