I had to explain to my 8th grade grandson how to avoid a "death box" which lead to the murder of Renee Good. He's terrified this will happen to him some day when I pick him up from school. He boldly asserted if we were ever surrounded by ICE, he'd scream, threaten to call the cops...at which time I had to stop him and explain the proper way to protect your life if ICE gets you in a "death box". I taught US History in high school for 25 years and never in my wildest moments did I ever think I'd be explaining such a murderous tactic to my offspring in the US in 2026.
I was disturbed to think that CNN piled on to the rush to paint Renee as a domestic terrorist. In actuality the article you cited points out that the federal accusations are baseless. It does say that it was unclear whether her car made contact with the agent's body-- which seems unlikely to have happened-- but otherwise it supports her and the other protesters including parents and teachers at her child's school.
I had to explain to my 8th grade grandson how to avoid a "death box" which lead to the murder of Renee Good. He's terrified this will happen to him some day when I pick him up from school. He boldly asserted if we were ever surrounded by ICE, he'd scream, threaten to call the cops...at which time I had to stop him and explain the proper way to protect your life if ICE gets you in a "death box". I taught US History in high school for 25 years and never in my wildest moments did I ever think I'd be explaining such a murderous tactic to my offspring in the US in 2026.
I feel you. Honestly, I don't know how I'm going to explain the world to my kids. And absolutely, I'm going to have to. Sooner rather than later.
https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/whats-next-in-minneapolis
Excellent piece, Melissa.
I was disturbed to think that CNN piled on to the rush to paint Renee as a domestic terrorist. In actuality the article you cited points out that the federal accusations are baseless. It does say that it was unclear whether her car made contact with the agent's body-- which seems unlikely to have happened-- but otherwise it supports her and the other protesters including parents and teachers at her child's school.
Yeah, CNN wasn't great here. But also the fact that this was the line at all is nuts.
Definitely.