Questions That Won't Go Away

First Question: Renee Good, the lady who was shot by a federal officer while trying to run him over with her $50,000 Honda SUV, has been characterized in the media as a stay-at-home mom from Kansas City who nevertheless dropped her child off at day care so she could demonstrate against ICE in Minneapolis. Just how did she afford her lifestyle? If she didn't draw an income, what about her partner, Becca? I asked Chrome AI mode, "What did Renée Good's partner do for a living?" It replied,

Becca Good, Renee Good's partner, was a handywoman.

Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the couple moved to Canada for several months before relocating to Minneapolis. During their time in Minneapolis, they were reportedly involved in a local business together, with both listed as company managers for an entity incorporated in 2024.

So I asked, "What was the local business in which Renee and Becca Good were both listed as company managers for an entity incorporated in 2024?" It replied,

Renee Nicole Macklin Good and her partner, Rebecca "Becca" Brown Good, were both listed as company managers for B. Good Handywork LLC.

The business, which specialized in household repair, maintenance, and interior/exterior upgrade projects, was officially incorporated in early 2024 according to Missouri Secretary of State records. Before relocating to Minneapolis and then briefly to Canada, the couple operated the business from a residential address in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.

But the handywoman business was in Kansas City, not Minneapolis, and in any case, the accounts that descsribe Renee as a stay-at-home mom suggest she wasn't involved in it. It doesn't appear that either Renee or Becca had a visible means of support when they got to Mineeapolis, nor for that matter in Canada. Exactly why they moved to either place is unclear. According to The Minneapolis Star-Tribune,

What brought Good to this city — now the scene of the largest ongoing ICE surge in the country — requires untangling a web of cross-country moves and name changes since growing up in a Christian household in Colorado Springs and twice becoming a military wife. Nearly two decades later, she was in love with Rebecca Good and seeking refuge in Minneapolis.

“I think she just maybe wanted a fresh start, a more open community,” her former sister-in-law Jessica Fletcher told the Star Tribune.

. . . In her only public statement since the killing, Rebecca Good told Minnesota Public Radio they moved to Minnesota “to make a better life for ourselves.

“[T]here was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.”

But none of this answers the basic questions, why did they move to Canada or Minneapolis? How did they afford even to put gas in the Honda Pilot, much less meet the payments and insurance? To make a fresh start just doesn't cut it.

Second Question: From what we know now, Alex Pretti, who was shot by CBP agents while interfering with enforcement activities, was a known figure to CBP prior to the shooting:

Federal immigration officers have been collecting personal information about protesters and agitators in Minneapolis, sources told CNN – and had documented details about Alex Pretti before he was shot to death on Saturday.

It is unclear how Pretti first came to the attention of federal authorities, but sources told CNN that about a week before his death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals.

. . . A memo sent earlier this month to agents temporarily assigned to the city asked them to “capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general information on hotels, agitators, protestors, etc., so we can capture it all in one consolidated form,” according to correspondence reviewed by CNN.

This actually is standard law enforcement practice. Beat cops are expected to know the "frequent fliers" on their beats and provide information to investigators as needed. This is supplemented by field interview records, which document encounters, including date, time, location, name, address, physical description/tattoos, reason for the contact, and vehicle details, even if no arrest is made. It is a key investigative tool.

The fact that Pretti had at least one previous encounter with CBP, which implies that he'd generated field reports, suggests that he was a regular at protests. How did he have time for this -- wasn't he an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital? The answer is that hospital nurses typically work 3/12 shifts, that is, 12-hour shifts, three days per week, or in other words, four days off per week. He had plenty of time to demonstrate. It could even have been a second gig

The question is, was it? The link continues,

“When our law enforcement encounter a violent agitator who is breaking the law, obstructing law enforcement or assaulting them, our law enforcement make records to advance prosecution. This is not ground breaking, it is standard protocol,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement.

The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle, according to a source who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution.

. . . Earlier this month, a DHS official in Minneapolis sent a memo to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations officers assigned to the state on temporary duty asking them to use a form to input information on protesters and agitators.

The form — titled “intel collection non-arrests” — allows agents to fill in personal information of agitators and protesters who they encounter. It’s not clear whether other agencies in Minnesota are also using the form.

. . . Pretti’s name was known to federal agents, according to a source – though it’s unclear whether the new intake form was used to share his information.

Every indication points to the possibility that Pretti was part of an organized network of "rapid responders" who were trained to interfere in immigration enforcement activities.

The encrypted Signal messages obtained by Fox News Digital in real time show that anti-ICE "rapid responders" were actively tracking, broadcasting and summoning "backup" around federal agents outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue, where the shooting happened.

. . . At 9:50 a.m. ET, just before the killing, a user identified as "Willow" shared a 22-second video on an encrypted Signal chat for anti-ICE "rapid responders."

. . . Just three minutes later, at 9:53 a.m. ET, a second Signal user, "Salacious B. Crumb," escalated the alert, summoning additional responders and citing the same vehicle and agents.

"Backup needed at the Black Forest Inn parking lot on Nicollet Ave just south of 26th Street," the message read.

. . . Video of the scene shows that as Pretti stepped into the middle of Nicollet Avenue to direct traffic, fellow agitators could be heard blowing whistles to alert locals that ICE officers were around. Soon after, Pretti ended up in a street confrontation with CBP agents, across the street from Glam Doll Donuts outside a worn storefront marked "NEW AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER," a nonprofit focused on immigration entry programs for Somalis.

Within minutes, at about 10:05 a.m. ET, at least one CBP agent shot Pretti, killing him.

In both the Renee Good and Alex Pretti cases, evidence points to their membership in a highly organized, specially trained cadre. Are such members paid? How are they recruited? What are their specific responsibilities? How do the organizers make sure they aren't feds?

I ask these sorts of questions for free. There are highly paid people who ought to be asking them, with the resources to follow them up. Why aren't they doing this?