For many gathered at Moore Square in downtown Raleigh, it hit close to home. As ICE expanded its presence a few months ago here in North Carolina, Siembra NC trained people to do what Good was doing -- documenting ICE in public.
"On January 7th, the world lost a mother. A poet and a compassionate neighbor. Renee Nicol Good should be here. She should be at home in Minneapolis with her wife and her three children," said one attendee, Nikki Marin Baena.
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Good was in her car in Minneapolis when she was shot by an ICE agent. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Good was trying to run over the agent, but critics argued that videos showing the incident appeared to contradict that.
What is known is that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Good after being hit by her car suffered internal bleeding, multiple U.S. officials familiar with his medical condition told ABC News.
In North Carolina, organizers are vowing to stop these sorts of incidents from happening here.
"This violence happens because we let these agents act like they belong in our neighborhoods. Do they belong in our neighborhoods?" Marin Baena said.
Activists said Good's death was even more jarring because she was doing what groups such as Siembra NC have trained everyday people to do in North Carolina -- to respond and observe ICE's movements in their neighborhoods. Good, however, was blocking the street and refused federal officers' commands to step out of the vehicle.
Jonathan Johnson, a father who lives in Durham, is one of the people determined to keep these clashes away from North Carolina.
"I am more worried about going out there and do that. I think they are establishing a precedent that they will use violence against anyone, including U.S. citizens," Johnson said. "And I got into this work because I came to Durham, and I just wanted to protect my community. And at that time, I really thought that my whiteness, my maleness, the fact I looked like an ICE agent would keep me safe. But now I know that that's not true."
He said that despite those concerns, being the eyes and ears of the community is needed now more than ever. He said there is a right way to show opposition to dubious federal actions.
"Form a crowd and stay loud. You absolutely should go with other people. Not only should you follow the rules, you should document yourself following the rules with your camera. Have other people document you following the rules with their camera," Johnson said. "And that way, if anything does go wrong, there's a thousand eyes that are going to show the world what really happened."
Representatives for both Deborah Ross and Valerie Foushee, the two Democrats who represent parts of the Triangle in Congress, spoke at the event. They said they support efforts in Congress now being introduced to try to impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over ICE's actions.