The killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, has shaken a city already familiar with unrest and raised plain questions about whether federal law enforcement and local leaders are serving the public or bowing to political spectacle. Video and emergency reports show the incident unfolded during a chaotic enforcement operation, leaving Good dead and a community in turmoil. Americans deserve clear answers and a full, transparent investigation before activists and politicians rewrite the narrative to fit their agendas.
President Trump’s warning that he’s prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act if violence against federal officers continues is exactly the kind of decisive leadership responsible citizens want in a crisis. The president has publicly said he would use the law if necessary to protect federal personnel and restore order, even while noting he doesn’t think it’s needed at this very moment. For conservatives, the willingness to use every lawful tool to defend government agents and American communities is not bravado — it’s a deterrent against the mobs and media-driven anarchy that too often follows these flashpoints.
The federal response already on the ground in Minneapolis is substantial, with reports of thousands of DHS personnel and significant CBP presence supporting ICE operations as protests roil neighborhoods. This is not theater; it’s law enforcement trying to do a job amid a hostile and disorderly environment where officers are being targeted and vehicles driven into them. If local governments refuse to keep order, the federal government has a responsibility to step in and ensure the safety of ordinary citizens who just want to go about their lives.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis politicians and many on the left have rushed to condemn federal agents while excusing or downplaying the chaos in the streets, a posture that has predictable consequences. From the mayor’s profanity-laced denunciations to demands for federal investigators to stand down, the sound coming from local leadership is political theater rather than sober governance. Citizens of every race and background deserve public safety, not press conferences that score points with activists at the expense of law-abiding residents.
Let’s be blunt: the pattern is familiar — federal officers go into a lawless situation to enforce federal statutes, activists and sympathizers block and harass them, then politicians on the left attack the officers for doing their jobs. Conservatives should not be shy about defending those who enforce the law, especially when they’re operating under clear legal authority to protect our borders and communities. The alternative — letting mobs dictate public policy — is a recipe for permanent disorder and the erosion of the rule of law.
The mainstream media’s outrage is selective and performative, often elevating the narrative that best fits a broader anti-law-enforcement agenda rather than reporting facts dispassionately. Hardworking Americans see through the double standard: peaceful neighborhoods burned and businesses shuttered while the same voices that champion “protest” call for restraint only when their preferred narrative is threatened. We need journalism that seeks truth, not narratives that inflame and divide.
Now is not the time for half-measures or moralizing speeches from the coastal elites who profit from chaos. It is the time for results: secure the streets, back the officers who keep us safe, and conduct a thorough, transparent investigation into what happened to Renee Good — without letting activists or partisan politicians hijack the process. If that means the president must use every lawful authority to restore order, so be it; Americans want safety, accountability, and the rule of law restored to our cities.
