{"id":559,"date":"2026-01-16T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oregoncommentary.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:45:03","slug":"humanity-can-still-prevail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oregoncommentary.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/humanity-can-still-prevail\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanity Can Still Prevail"},"content":{"rendered":"

The only thing more depraved than the ghastly killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7 was the Trump administration\u2019s response to it.<\/p>\n

We now live in a country where indifference to human life is government policy. And officials have been carefully taught the playbook for responding when their indifference results in the horrific murder of an innocent young mother who had just dropped her son off at school.<\/p>\n

DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavett, and Vice President JD Vance all portrayed Good as a \u201cviolent rioter\u201d and a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d who \u201cweaponized her vehicle\u201d to kill the officer, who \u201cused his training\u201d to defend himself. These were all lies.<\/p>\n

Not one shred of compassion was expressed for Good, her spouse, or her child.<\/p>\n

What kind of person could not me moved by Good\u2019s killing? I would like to think these administration officials privately saw the tragedy of the situation and they were \u201cjust doing their job\u201d with their statements. But honestly, I\u2019m not even sure of that. They all have taken jobs that require they check their souls at the door when they come to work. And they choose to work for an administration utterly devoid of humanity.<\/p>\n

But we are not without hope. The GoFundMe<\/a> for Good\u2019s spouse Becca and her son raised nearly $1.5 million from 38,500 contributors in just two days. And I know millions more of us see Good\u2019s killing for what it really was. I know there is still humanity left in our world.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> to Minnesota Public Radio, Becca Good said \u201cWe were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t