The Minneapolis Shooting: The Facts

"The Minneapolis ICE shooting story has been evolving the way these stories always do – but not in the direction that the Left would prefer."

American Thinker

. . . "yet another example of the Left’s willingness to lubricate their programs with the blood of their opponents, of innocents, and of their own.

Nekima Levy Armstrong is an attorney and civil rights
 activist who organized many of the protests after the
 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. She has
 also been active in documenting ICE operations in
the city.

ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis an Iraq War veteran, is believed to have worked as an ICE agent since at least 2013.   

. . . "ICE agents had conducted a traffic stop on Roberto Carlos Munoz, a serial illegal immigrant from Guatemala with a lengthy rap sheet, records show.

"Ross broke the back driver’s side window after Munoz refused to exit his vehicle when officers approached his car.    The suspect then sped away with Ross’ arm caught between the seat and the car frame — dragging him more than 100 yards, the Justice Department said at the time.He was hospitalized with “significant injuries to his arm and hand” requiring 33 stitches, but made a full recovery, according to the feds." . . .

 Court records detail prior incident involving ICE officer who shot and killed Minneapolis woman | CBC News

. . . "The officer needed more than 30 stitches after the June incident in Bloomington, Minn. The suspect in that incident was convicted of assault several weeks ago.

"Vice-President JD Vance and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke about the officer at length during a news conference on Thursday, doubling down on their account that the agent was defending himself when he shot Good.

"Local and state officials have repeatedly rejected the Trump administration's version of events, saying video evidence directly contradicts the notion that Good deliberately "weaponized" her vehicle to drive at the officer.

“ '[T]hat very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago," Vance said at the White House on Thursday. "So you think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile?' " . . . 

ICE Agent Jonathan Ross sustained serious injuries during a June 2025 arrest attempt, including multiple large cuts and abrasions, and was treated with a tourniquet before hospitalization.

. . . "Jonathan Ross, an ICE officer involved in recent high-profile incidents, was severely injured during an arrest in Bloomington, Minnesota, in June 2025. Court records and affidavits describe that Ross suffered multiple large cuts and abrasions on his knee, elbow, and face as a result of the incident.

The injury occurred when Ross was physically dragged approximately 50 yards by a fleeing suspect in a vehicle while his arm remained caught inside the car. This dangerous situation caused significant trauma, requiring immediate medical attention. An FBI agent applied a tourniquet to control bleeding at the scene before Ross was transported to a hospital for further care.

These injuries highlight the risks law enforcement officers face during high-risk arrests, especially when suspects resist and attempt to evade capture by force. Ross’s injuries were serious enough to require emergent treatment but no further details on long-term impact have been publicly disclosed.

Ross’s career includes extensive government and military service, emphasizing his experience prior to this incident. His injury during the 2025 arrest has been cited in news coverage related to his role in subsequent events in Minneapolis.

Overall, the injuries sustained were significant physical trauma due to being dragged by a vehicle and reinforced with visible large cuts and abrasions on critical areas of his body, managed emergency onsite with a tourniquet application. This information is drawn from official court documents and credible news reports.

 BREAKING: Was just sent a video showing the moments before the shooting.
In it, you can clearly see Renee Good’s vehicle blocking ICE agents for over 3 minutes as she’s dancing to her own car horn.
Kinda ruins some narratives, doesn’t it? pic.twitter.com/aXtiTjAtF9

— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 10, 2026

For Gavin Newsom, selling California may be harder than selling himself

California Political Review  

"Conventional wisdom holds that California is an albatross for Newsom’s widely-anticipated White House bid — a state that is too progressive, too pricey, too polarizing to appeal to swing voters in battleground states."

"Gavin Newsom’s presidential hopes may hinge not only on how he sells his own image, but, as he implicitly made clear on Thursday, whether he can remake his home state’s as well. The latter may be the harder challenge.

"Conventional wisdom holds that California is an albatross for Newsom’s widely-anticipated White House bid — a state that is too progressive, too pricey, too polarizing to appeal to swing voters in battleground states.

"But Newsom sought to flip the script in his final State of the State address, unapologetically trumpeting California as a road map for the rest of the nation, naysayers be damned.

"It was the most robust preview yet of the governor’s likely 2028 strategy: Convince voters to back him not in spite of his California connections, but because of them.

“ 'We are a beacon,” he told state lawmakers and officials in his Capitol address. “The state is providing a different narrative — an operational model, a policy blueprint for others to follow.

”Newsom’s muscular pro-California rhetoric is an extension of the defiant posture he assumed last year as a social media provocateur and vanguard of the national redistricting fight. The “post first, apologize later (or never)” strategy propelled the governor to the heart of the political zeitgeist — and most early 2028 Democratic primary polls. 

"The speech demonstrated Newsom’s intention to rewrite the California crack-up narrative that dominates conservative cable news channels, social media and podcasts, all of which the governor voraciously consumes. He diagnosed the state’s skeptics as suffering from “California Derangement Syndrome,” an unsubtle echo of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the preferred way for President Donald Trump’s supporters to dismiss condemnation." . .  .

"The question for Newsom even before it comes to far-flung early primary states is whether his own residents agree. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, which regularly tracks sentiment, a majority of Californians have believed the state is on the wrong track for more than three years. In overwhelmingly blue California, the gloomy outlook cannot just be attributed to partisan Fox News viewers."   Full article here...

Gavin Newsom, ‘King of Fraud’  "During a Fox and Friends broadcast Thursday, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli branded California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the king of fraud.” He didn’t stop there. He declared, “There’s never been this much fraud in American history.”. . . 

Newsom’s strategy in his State of the State address of fraudulently claiming he achieved greatness in California may just be his interim plan while he remains in office. Once he leaves the governor’s office, he may rush past California’s disasters and hope voters never look too closely at the record he leaves behind.