Sunday, January 18, 2026

New York Times reporters go to Trumpy, newly all-white Minnesota town to talk to voters about Renee Good

 

Headline:  New York Times, 1/17/2026

Sheila M. Eldred, Elizabeth A. Stawicki, Ann Hinga Klein, and Kurt Streeter report:
Now, Minneapolis is in the news again. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman, Renee Good, during an immigration operation last week, and demonstrators are back on the streets. 
What did the regulars make of it?\\ 
Ms. Good’s death was tragic, they said. Horrific. 
But they also said that she had asked for trouble.  [emphasis added]
“You obey the law officer,” a man in a veteran’s ball cap said, “and question it later.”   [Without a hint of irony.]

And which law officer would that be?  The one who told her to move on or the one who told her to get out of her vehicle?

But wait, there's more!

Most of the regulars avoid Minneapolis if they can. They see the city as dangerous, out of control and something to flee. “I don’t even want to go there,” 
Ms. Jenson said of Minneapolis. “Not anymore. Not since the George Floyd riots.”

 Had Ms. Jensen lived in Wisconsin, this scurrilous Ron Johnson "scary black man" campaign ad would have cemented her vote for him.


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