Mike Brooks
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On Monday, Deep Ellum venue The Bomb Factory posted photos of its marquee with a tribute to Renee Nicole Good, a Minnesota woman who was shot to death by an ICE agent on Jan. 7.
Minneapolis officials have said Good, who was a 37-year-old mother of three, was acting as a legal observer when she was slain during a traffic confrontation. Her death has since sparked nationwide attention and protests, including here in Dallas.
The photos of the venue’s marquee, which reads “Renee Nicole Good. 1989-2026,” were captioned with “Your light remains. Always remembered. Rest in Peace. Gone too soon. Compassion isn’t radical.” The photos have since garnered thousands of comments across Instagram and Facebook. Mostly from supporters, but not without people who found a reason to be upset about paying respect to someone who died from being shot in the face.
“Love how many absolute losers are mad about this,” wrote Ryan S. on Facebook.
Hunter B. commented, promising to “never go to a show there again.”
Meanwhile, Instagram commenter Brenda wrote, “Love coming here and you will always have my business.”
“Reading these comments makes me excited for the next time I go to The Bomb Factory and all these knuckle draggers are *checks notes* staying home to own the libs,” Josh H. wrote on Facebook.
For some reason, several disgruntled scrollers left comments asking about conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated at Utah Valley University in September of last year.
Others, like user @rjpmusicusa commented, “Oh Stop… you’re a music venue. Shut up.” We don’t need to dive too deep into the contradiction there, do we?
You can catch the next show at The Studio at the Bomb Factory (the Bomb Factory’s adjacent, sister venue) this Friday, Jan. 16, featuring country artist Tyler Halverson.
