Renee Nicole Good’s ex-father in law says he doesn’t blame ICE for her fatal shooting as he urged people to turn to religion to move on from the national controversy.
Good’s former father in law, Timmy Macklin Sr., told CNN he is a Trump supporter and was not offended by the president’s characterization of the shooting, but said he hoped the hostilities around her death would calm.
‘Renee was an amazing person, she was full of life and full of joy, real gentle, a good mother,’ he said.
‘I just think we make bad choices, and that’s the problem, there is so much chaos in the whole world today… We need to turn to God and walk in the spirit of God, and let him lead us and guide us.’
Good was married to Macklin’s son, who died in 2023, and he is the grandfather of her six-year-old son who is now orphaned.
Macklin was pushed by CNN anchor Erin Burnett for his opinion on whether Good’s shooting death was justified, to which he said he ‘was not blaming anybody.’
‘It’s a hard situation all around,’ he said.
‘I don’t blame ICE. I don’t blame (Good’s wife) Rebecca. I don’t blame Renee. I just wish that, you know, if we’re walking in the spirit of God, I don’t think she would have been there. That’s the way I look at it,’ he said.
Renee Nicole Good’s ex-father in law says he doesn’t blame ICE for her fatal shooting
Renee Nicole Good (seen in her car) was shot dead by an ICE agent on January 7 in Minneapolis while protesting against immigration officers
Macklin said he did not initially see footage of the altercation between Good and ICE agent Jon Ross that led up to the shooting, but said his opinion changed once he saw video.
He said to him, it appeared that Ross was ‘rammed’ by Good in her car, a characterization that has been disputed by Democrat officials in Minneapolis.
‘You know, in a flash like that, it’s hard to say how you’d react,’ he continued.
Macklin referenced a separate incident six months prior that also saw Ross hit with a car while working for ICE, and said that may have played into the incident as he described it as a ‘hard situation for everybody.’
He said Good’s wife Rebecca, who was seen in footage taunting Ross in the moments before the shooting, was ‘also a great person’ and said he felt no ill-will toward her.
‘But you know, I think there was some bad choices,’ he added.
Burnett said Ross has gone ‘into hiding’ since the shooting due to the severe media attention on him, and asked what his message to Ross would be, Macklin said: ‘Well, this world is full of trials and tribulations.’
Macklin said he saw footage that appeared to show Ross call Good a ‘f***ing b****’ after shooting her, which he said showed ‘he doesn’t know the Lord like he should.’
