\u201cRenee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know my wife\u2019s name and you know Alex\u2019s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don\u2019t know \u2014 their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don\u2019t look like mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are neighbors, friends, coworkers, classmates. And we must also know their names,\u201d she added. \u201cBecause this shouldn\u2019t happen to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Becca Good has seldom spoken publicly since her partner\u2019s killing on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n
The killing occurred about a month after the Trump administration surged 3,000 immigration agents to the Twin Cities in what officials have dubbed Operation Metro Surge. Agents descended on Minnesota after right-wing influencers renewed scrutiny in a state fraud scandal involving Somali nationals.<\/p>\n
More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in December, according to the Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n The operation, which has led to the apprehensions of some children, has sparked near-daily protests in the Twin Cities. It has also transformed the daily lives<\/a> of many who live there, with people volunteering to deliver groceries to undocumented immigrants and safeguard their neighborhoods from immigration authorities.<\/p>\n A representative for DHS did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n Weeks after Good\u2019s killing, Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection agents. Trump administration officials initially defended the agents, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem calling Pretti a \u201cdomestic terrorist.\u201d However, days after his killing, the administration said it would be drawing down its operation in the state. This week, officials said they would send home 700 agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into Pretti\u2019s death but has not done so for Good.<\/p>\n \u201cRenee and I chose kindness. We believed that every life deserves the same care, treatment, and dignity, no matter who they are or what they look like,\u201d Becca Good said in her statement. \u201cThat shouldn\u2019t be radical. If it is, then I want Renee and our family to be known for how we practiced radical kindness every day.\u201d<\/p>\n The killings have prompted calls to reform DHS and for<\/a> Noem to resign<\/a>. Two of Renee Good\u2019s brothers addressed lawmakers this week at a public forum to raise concerns about the violent tactics used by DHS.<\/p>\n \u201cThe deep distress our family feels because of Nee\u2019s loss in such a violent and unnecessary way is complicated by feelings of disbelief, distress and desperation for change,\u201d Luke Ganger, one of the brothers, testified.<\/p>\n
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