SAN FRANCISCO – Warriors coach Steve Kerr is pleased with the franchise that booted his team from the NBA playoffs last season.Kerr’s reasoning for applauding the Minnesota Timberwolves is simple: Some occurrences are bigger than basketball.The Timberwolves, during their home game Thursday night, took a sociopolitical stand that some prefer to avoid, holding a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good, a motorist shot and killed by an ICE officer on Wednesday in Minneapolis.“I’m glad that the Timberwolves recognized her life and the tragic nature of her death,” Kerr said Friday before tipoff against the Sacramento Kings. “It’s shameful, really, that in our country, we can have law enforcement officers commit murder and seemingly get away with it. It’s shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there’s video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government’s saying.”Reaction to the fatal shooting has been polarizing along political lines, with one side viewing video evidence and blaming Good while calling her a “domestic terrorist.” The other side,...
Warriors coach Steve Kerr addresses fatal ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis
Published January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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