Grief, a Vigil, and a Community Left With Questions
As the investigation continues, the human cost keeps expanding outward.
A family trying to explain the unexplainable to children.
A neighborhood replaying footage frame by frame, asking how it reached bullets so quickly.
And a city holding vigils in the cold, saying her name out loud so she isn’t reduced to a clip on a screen.
Friends and neighbors have described Renee as compassionate and deeply committed to caring for others — a person who built community instead of conflict.
At vigils, speakers condemned the federal response and challenged the language used to justify her death.
In the end, this story isn’t “30 photos.”
It’s one life — and a moment that reshaped countless others.
If you’ve been watching this unfold: the only responsible question now is not who can shout the loudest — it’s what the full truth proves, and who will be held accountable once it’s known.
