Renee Good’s Former Father-In-Law Stunned CNN With Two Words About Why She Died
The Minneapolis ICE shooting has leftists tearing America apart again.
Everyone picked a side within hours of the shooting.
But Renee Good's former father-in-law stunned CNN with two words about why she died.
Religious Perspective Cuts Through Political Noise
Timmy Macklin sat down with CNN's Erin Burnett expecting the usual grieving family member demanding justice.
What he delivered instead was something cable news anchors never see coming.
Macklin blamed neither ICE agent Jonathan Ross nor Good herself for the January 7 shooting that killed his former daughter-in-law.
He blamed sin.
"I don't blame ICE," Macklin stated on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." "I don't blame Rebecca. I don't blame Renee."
That's not what CNN wanted to hear.
They needed a grieving relative calling Ross a murderer to keep the outrage machine running.
Macklin had a different take rooted in Scripture rather than politics.
"I just wish that, you know, if we're walking in the spirit of God, I don't think she would have been there," he explained.
The statement cut through every narrative Democrats and establishment media spent a week constructing.
Good wasn't a martyr killed by fascist federal agents.
She was a woman who made bad choices that put her in a dangerous situation.
"Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother," Macklin said. "I just think we make bad choices. And that's the problem."
Biblical Framework Trumps Political Narratives
Macklin quoted 2 Chronicles 7:14 during his CNN appearance.
"If my people would humble ourselves and seek his face and pray and turn from their wicked ways, God will hear from heaven and forgive our sins and heal our lands," he recited.
That's when things got really uncomfortable for secular liberals watching.
"For the wrath of God will come upon the children of disobedience," Macklin added.
He wasn't interested in playing the blame game cable news demands.
Democrats wanted him to call Ross a killer.
Trump supporters wanted him to condemn Good as an anti-ICE radical.
Macklin refused both scripts.
"There's so much chaos in the whole world today," he stated. "And that's why the Bible says" we need to turn to God.
The religious perspective doesn't fit neatly into hero-villain frameworks cable news sells.
Good's wife Rebecca was caught on video taunting Ross seconds before the shooting.
"You want to come at us? You want to come at us?" she asked the agent who was filming Good's license plate.
The maroon Honda Pilot was blocking the roadway during an ICE operation.
"I say go get yourself a big lunch, big boy. Go ahead," Rebecca Good continued.
She appeared to try entering the passenger side before yelling what sounded like "Drive, baby, drive" immediately before Good accelerated.
Ross fired three shots as the vehicle moved forward.
Competing Narratives Miss Deeper Problem
Democrats immediately labeled the shooting murder.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called federal explanations "garbage" and told ICE to get out of his city.
President Trump's administration maintained Ross acted in self-defense when Good weaponized her vehicle.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem called it "domestic terrorism."
Macklin sees something neither political tribe wants to acknowledge.
Personal choices matter.
Actions have consequences.
Walking away from God leads people into situations that end badly.
Ross was dragged 50 yards by a fleeing vehicle during a June 2025 arrest attempt in Bloomington.
That incident left him injured after he smashed a window trying to make an arrest.
The pattern shows what happens when people resist federal law enforcement.
Good's death marks at least the fifth fatality involving ICE agents since Trump's immigration crackdown intensified.
Minneapolis deployed 2,000 federal agents as part of the largest immigration enforcement operation ever conducted.
The October shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago followed an identical pattern.
Border Patrol shot her five times after DHS claimed she "ambushed" and "rammed" agents.
Prosecutors dropped the case after video evidence didn't match what federal officials claimed.
Competing GoFundMe campaigns raised over $1.5 million for Good's family and more than $600,000 for Ross.
The nation remains divided over whether Ross committed murder or defended himself.
Macklin offered a third option nobody in politics wants to discuss.
Maybe the real problem isn't federal immigration policy or rogue agents.
Maybe it's a nation that's turned away from God and is reaping what it's sown.
"We need to turn to God and walk in the spirit of God," Macklin explained. "And let him lead us and guide us."
That message won't get traction on cable news where everything must fit into red team versus blue team narratives.
But it might be the most honest assessment of what's happening in American streets.
Good leaves behind three children including a six-year-old son who already lost his father.
The FBI continues investigating while Minneapolis burns with protests that turned violent multiple times.
Macklin told CNN he's focused on a solution politicians won't touch.
America doesn't need more investigations or competing narratives.
It needs to get right with God.
Sources:
- Daily Caller News Foundation, "Renee Good's Former Father-In-Law Doesn't Blame ICE Agent For Shooting," Jason Cohen, January 14, 2026.
- CNN, "Erin Burnett OutFront," January 14, 2026.
- Department of Homeland Security press briefing, January 7, 2026.
- Newsweek, "Renee Good Death: GoFundMe for ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Hits New Milestone," January 2026.
- ABC News, "Minneapolis ICE shooting updates," January 2026.
