The man who shot Renee Nicole Good is a 43-year-old firearms instructor who appears to have defended white supremacists online

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    When I hear impossibly good encomiums like this pronounced as a defense when their loved one openly gets caught doing something heinous, it has the opposite effect on me, to the point they’d be better off just shutting their mouths. This is from Ed Ross, the murderer’s dad:

    You would never find a nicer, kinder person,’ the father added about his son. ‘He’s a committed, conservative Christian, a tremendous father, a tremendous husband. I couldn’t be more proud of him.’ – from the Daily Mail article

    Yeah. Tremendous. That’s what people said about Ted Bundy fifty years ago, and it’s always the same. This is not a joke and I’m not exaggerating: Bundy was active in his community, very popular to the point he even considered running for public office. The author Ann Rule met him while volunteering on the same mental health help line, helping people to not commit suicide on the night watch – and the whole time Bundy was doing his weird, dark, vile, unnatural murder shit. Over and over again.

    And Bundy is just one instance out of countless many; I can’t remember a single time when all this impossibly high praise turned out to be anything more than worthless, empty words after someone really evil gets busted. It’s more like a hint to look harder for the bodies.

    So when I see shit like this I just think Keep telling me about your Ed Gein spawn, motherfucker. Carry on.

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    Ross married his wife, 38, who was identified by The Daily Mail but not named, in 2012. She has parents who live in the Philippines, though Ross’s father, Ed, 80, said that she is a U.S. citizen. He did not say how long she has been in the country, stating, “I do not want to go any further than that.”

    Ross’s family and friends describe him as a hardcore conservative Christian and MAGA supporter, who sports “Don’t Tread on Me” flags and Trump/Vance stickers. Social media posts reveal him arguing with his family over the white supremacist group the Proud Boys.

    His sister, Nicole, posted a photo on Facebook in October 2020 of herself wearing a face mask with the caption, “I denounce and condemn white supremacy,” the outlet reports. Ross replied in a comment that has since been deleted, prompting Nicole to respond, “we have to respectfully disagree. You are my brother and I love you, but we will not engage in a debate on Facebook.”

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    6 hours ago

    defended white supremacists online

    i’m sure he treats his not-white immigrant wife like a queen and not a slave /s

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    I hope he lives a long and painful life with stage 4 bone cancer. A life drowned in pain, chemo, insurmountable debt, and failed GoFundMe campaigns, as well a successful civil litigation from Good’s family.

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    I would never wish death on someone.

    Now a lifetime of significant pain and an extremely itchy butthole… that’s a different subject.