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New York Times video analysis says there’s “no indication” Renee Good ran over an ICE agent. Right-wing media have been claiming she nearly “slaughtered” him.

The Times’ analysis reveals “no indication Agent Jonathan Ross got run over” by Good just prior to her killing – contrasting over a week of right-wing media claims

Written by Noah Dowe, Reed McMaster, Ben Van Bloem & Tyler Monroe

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After the January 7 killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, right-wing media figures rallied behind the agency, saying they are “100% on ICE’s side,” repeatedly accusing Good of ramming the agent with her car, and even calling her a “murderer.”

But new video analysis from The New York Times reveals “no indication Agent Jonathan Ross got run over” by Good – rather, that “Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place.” 

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  • New York Times’ analysis says there’s “no indication Agent Jonathan Ross got run over”

    • The New York Times released a new video analysis on the ICE shooting of Renee Good which found “currently available visual evidence still shows no indication Agent Jonathan Ross got run over.” The analysis “establishes, frame by frame, how agent Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place.” It also notes that Good’s car “begins turning to the right, away from the agent” shortly before she was shot. [The New York Times, 1/15/26]
    • The report found that Ross seemed to slip on the ice or otherwise lose his footing as the car moved while he was leaning against it. The analysis highlights a moment that “looks and sounds like the agent’s getting knocked violently” but notes that in fact the noise came from his hand, which was holding his phone: “His phone, which is gripped in his left hand, flips over when the agent’s hand lands on the front of the vehicle. There’s an audible thud when it hits.” [The New York Times, 1/15/26]
    • The New York Times said it was “very unclear” if the “agent’s upper body gets swiped by the vehicle” but noted that there was “a visible gap between the vehicle and his legs.” According to the analysis, “We see, as he fires, it’s recording the clouds and the trees overhead. It’s not because the agent is knocked to the ground. The other angle shows he’s still standing, continuing to maintain his grip on his phone and his gun, and we see a clear and growing gap between his body and the S.U.V. as he fires a second shot and a third.” [The New York Times, 1/15/26] 
       

  • After Good was killed, right-wing media falsely claimed she “rammed” the agent and “tried to run over an ICE agent”

    • Right-wing host Benny Johnson suggested Good nearly “slaughtered” the agent with her car. [YouTube, The Benny Show, 1/12/26] 
    • On Fox, Johnson claimed the video showed Good “demonstrably trying to ram and run over” the ICE agent and called her a “murderer.” Johnson said, “They are right now saying that the murderer, the woman who tried to run over an ICE agent in her car, her name is Renee Good, she has — and video demonstrably trying to ram and run over this agent, you can see it in the body cam footage — they are calling her the victim and the ICE agent the murderer. It's flipping the narrative, and it's totally dishonest. It's impossible to keep up with.” [Fox News,Jesse Watters Primetime, 1/12/25]
    • Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked why Democrats are “defending this girl who rams, what is it, a 4,000-pound car into an ICE agent?” [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 1/16/26]
    • Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed Good “chased down” the ICE officer “with a 3,000-pound vehicle.” Jones claimed, “She hit him, he bounces off. It's the equivalent of if he got stabbed in the shoulder.” [Infowars, The Alex Jones Show, 1/9/26]
    • Daily Wire host Michael Knowles accused Good of “driving into a cop” and claimed, “She doesn’t turn her wheel and then drive away. She hits the gas.” “She hit the cop,” Knowles continued, “None of this is really in dispute.” [Daily Wire, The Michael Knowles Show, 1/12/26]
    • Fox host Sean Hannity claimed cell phone footage from the officer showed an “anti-ICE agitator, a woman by the name of Renee Good, plowing into an ICE officer with her SUV.” Hannity said, “When I grew up, my parents taught me to actually listen to police officers, that they are your friends, not to taunt them, not to aggravate them, and not to drive vehicles into them.” [Fox News, Hannity, 1/9/26]
    • Right-wing host Megyn Kelly said that she was “100% on ICE’s side” because Good had tried “to run one down.” Kelly said, “I'm 100% on ICE's side. I don't see the nuance on this one. I feel like you don't want to get shot in the face by ICE, don't try to run one down.” [YouTube, The Megyn Kelly Show, 1/16/26]
    • On The Megyn Kelly Show, right-wing radio host Jesse Kelly said Good tried “to run over an ICE agent” and called her a “37-year-old street animal.” [SiriusXM, The Megyn Kelly Show, 1/9/26]
    • Fox host Jesse Watters played video from the agent's cell phone and said that he was “rammed” above a chyron that read “NEW VIDEO OF ICE RAMMING.” Watters said, “New video from the ICE agent that was rammed was just released, proving he was hit, the woman was there to block the op, and she wasn't a lawyer.” [Fox News, Jesse Watters Primetime, 1/9/26]
    • Newsmax host Chris Plante claimed that Good “raced her car at a federal law enforcement agent and hit him with her car and could very well have killed him.” [Newsmax, The Right Squad, 1/12/26]
    • MK Media’s Link Lauren claimed that Good “rammed” the ICE officer who killed her. Lauren said, “When you're using your car as a weapon, things are going to happen. Right? You stalked this guy, you rammed him, and it went down.” [YouTube, The Megyn Kelly Show, 1/9/26]
    • Fox host Tomi Lahren: “You do not impede a law enforcement action and then turn around and call it murder when you try to ram your car into an ICE agent out there doing their job.” She added: “Why are you there? Why does the left want these people there? Why do they want their people to be martyred in the streets is my question.” [Fox News, Outnumbered, 1/9/26]
    • Right-wing podcaster Dave Rubin argued of Ross and Good: “He did not pull out the gun until she started using the car as a weapon.” Rubin added, “He didn’t step in front of the car as if, like, step in front of the car as it was moving forward.” [YouTube, The Rubin Report, 1/8/26]