Killer ICE Agent Made Bonkers Lie to Neighbors About His Job
Source: yahoo
Muskaan Arshad Mon, January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM CST
The ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good reportedly lied to his neighbors about what he does for work.
Jonathan Ross, 43, revealed at a 2020 neighborhood garage party during the Covid pandemic that he was a botanist, one of Ross neighbors told People.
He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did, the neighbor told the outlet. Ross has worked for ICE since 2015, when he joined the agency as a deportation officer.
On January 7, Ross, an Iraq war veteran, shot and killed the 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis. Good had just dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered ICE agents, according to her ex-husband......
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Killer ICE Agent Made Bonkers Lie to Neighbors About His Job
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Muskaan Arshad Mon, January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM CST
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riversedge
(81,612 posts)Photo from OP article:
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Police tape surrounds a vehicle suspected to be involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. / Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
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Trueblue Texan
(4,621 posts)riversedge
(81,612 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,726 posts)It was hard for him to not take his work home with him.
Vinca
(54,360 posts)llmart
(17,736 posts)And don't tell me to say "thank you for your service" to any and all veterans. Our government trains these people to be murderers and when they come out and continue to use their training on innocent people we shouldn't be surprised. We had no business starting wars in Iraq - both times.
mn9driver
(4,861 posts)was in the run up to Iraq war #2. I had been out of the Navy for 12 years by then. I thought it was weird. I still think its weird.
llmart
(17,736 posts)A person has no idea what kind of service you did or when or if you were on the battlefield humping the boonies or just serving up hash in the local armory. We need to stop the glorification of war.
Shipwack
(3,106 posts)Then someone told me to accept it gracefully since I was being thanked because all those who really deserved being thanked for their service were no longer with us.
Roxi
(2,205 posts)As a woman, I dont often get recognized as a veteran, but when people find out and thank me for my service, it feels really weird.
That advice helps.
unblock
(56,275 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,567 posts)He didn't want his neighbors to know about it.
popsdenver
(2,650 posts)very common in the CIA.........to say you have some other job, or a cover business you run......
Shipwack
(3,106 posts)
being discreet about your career for security versus lying about it because you know its unpopular.
Also, botanist? WTF? The guy probably doesnt know the difference between xylem* and a xylophone.
Just say you work for the government and leave it at that.
*basically the cells in a plant that circulate water and nutrients.
Dr. T
(730 posts)If this Johnathan Ross is so innocent, as the righties would have us believe, then why did he abruptly leave the scene then pack up and move within hours?
Innocent people don't do that.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,736 posts)Someone at Justice told his supervisor to get him the hell out of there before actual police shoe up to ask questions.
TBF
(37,275 posts)I'm sure they will take care of their ICE agents and keep them safe from actual law enforcement.
They took all of our ACA subsidy money to fund this gestapo - they have a huge budget.
relayerbob
(7,449 posts)They want that sort of criminal in their ranks.
I bet he learned along the southern border that positioning himself in front of a car that way and then claiming self defense let him get away with murder more often than not.
calimary
(90,920 posts)Do it for Renee Good.
FakeNoose
(42,505 posts)He used to call himself a "botanist" too. Made me think of it.....
William Seger
(12,539 posts)So, he was one of the propaganda-addled #rump supporters who helped make our Covid death rate twice that of other developed countries by doing the dumbest things they could think of to show how little they cared.
riversedge
(81,612 posts)relayerbob
(7,449 posts)He was too calm and methodical about it, very serial killer attitude.
Aristus
(72,564 posts)Nice career arc there, asshole...
Martin68
(28,091 posts)dalton99a
(95,482 posts)IcyPeas
(25,833 posts)obamanut2012
(29,519 posts)All the photos showing him at the scene without a mask were all fake -- AI generated.
IcyPeas
(25,833 posts)Yes the picture in the op is accurate -- he had the bottom part of his face covered only. His eyes, ears, head, hair were uncovered making him easier to i.d..
These agents would be hard to identify:

tonekat
(2,572 posts)Not destroy it.
Walleye
(45,564 posts)They justify it because they are getting paid well and they have ICE Barbie to back them up
dem4decades
(14,418 posts)I doubt he knew anything about plants. He was probably stuck an asshole nobody wanted to talk to him for any length of time