Renee Nicole Good

Violence dismissed without oversight becomes de facto immunity.

My assessment, based on the facts currently in the public record

When armed law enforcement surrounds a civilian vehicle and issues conflicting commands, including orders to “move,” the burden of control rests with the officers, not the civilian.

A vehicle can be a weapon, but intent matters. Eyewitness accounts indicating Renee Nicole Good was attempting to comply fundamentally weaken claims of deliberate assault.

If an officer positions themselves in front of a vehicle after ordering it to move, they participate in creating the danger later cited to justify lethal force.

Labeling this incident “domestic terrorism” is legally and morally unsupportable. Terrorism requires intent to terrorize or coerce. Nothing in the public record meets that standard.

This incident reads less like self-defense and more like a chaotic, poorly controlled operation in which lethal force was used against a frightened civilian trying to comply.

This conclusion does not require assuming malice by individual agents. It requires acknowledging systemic recklessness and command failure.

Why the president’s response should concern every citizen!

Donald Trump did not call for restraint, independent review, or fact-finding. His immediate instinct was to preemptively excuse lethal force by federal agents acting under his authority.

That instinct reflects a core authoritarian pattern: loyalty to state power is elevated above accountability to the public.

When leaders absolve violence before investigations conclude, they send a clear signal to enforcement agencies that outcomes do not matter. Only alignment, only loyalty to the dear leader does.

This creates practical immunity, even if no formal immunity exists in law.

History is unambiguous on this point. Once accountability is abandoned, force expands, standards erode, and civilian deaths increase.

The danger is not confined to one incident or one agency. A government that treats confusion or imperfect compliance as justification for lethal force has begun to view its own citizens as threats.

This is our warning

If a president’s reflex is to defend force before facts, the country should expect more force and fewer facts going forward. We should expect more violence and more deaths.

That is not speculation. It is how authoritarian systems function, and it is how democracies fail when those patterns go unchallenged.

Bottom line

Renee Nicole Good was likely unlawfully killed, and our democratic republic was wounded. Whether that wound proves fatal has yet to be determined.