Renee Good’s brothers, Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger, spoke about the distress the family has felt since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot the 37-year-old mother and U.S. citizen on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
Good’s death, “in such a violent and unnecessary way, is complicated by feelings of disbelief, distress and desperation for change,” Luke told a panel of congressional Democrats on Tuesday. “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country.”
“And it has not,” he added.
Brent eulogized his sister, saying she “had a way of showing up in the world that made you believe things were going to be OK, not because she ignored the hardship, but because she chose optimism anyway.”
“She chose to look for what was good, what was possible, and what was worth loving,” he added.