Thousands marched in Minneapolis to protest the murder of Renee Good, a mother of three, and hundreds of additional protests are planned across the US.
Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis in protest against the murder of Renee Good, a mother of three children in America.
37-year-old driver He was shot dead in his car in a Minnesotan city on Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
trump administration He said the shooting was an act of self-defence by the agent, suggesting that Ms Good used her vehicle as a weapon to attack him.
But state and local officials, as well as protesters, have rejected that characterisation, with her supporters saying they believe she walked away from the officer.
On Friday, mobile phone footage captured the moments surrounding his death, filmed by the agent who shot him, identified in the American media as Jonathan Ross.
The video, which was re-shared by the US Vice President JD Vance On X, another ICE agent is shown saying to Ms Good, “Get out of this fucking car.”
Ross is on the front driver’s side of the SUV. Ms Good steps back briefly, then steps forward and turns the steering wheel to the passenger side and Ross opens fire. It is unclear whether the car hit the officer or whether he narrowly escaped injury.
A video released by Homeland Security shows a scene leading up to the ICE shooting.
Another video was released by Homeland Security on Saturday, with X saying, “New evidence shows an anti-ICE protester was chasing and disrupting a law enforcement operation during the early morning hours.”
The Trump administration launched an immigration crackdown on the cities of Minneapolis.
The shootings came on the second day of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The demonstration was one of hundreds of protests planned in towns and cities across the US over the weekend, demanding an end to the mass deployment of ICE agents.
Federal-state tensions escalated further Thursday when a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon, shot and injured a man and woman in his car after they attempted to stop the vehicle. Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon, A man and woman were shot and injured in his car after attempting to stop the vehicle.
The Department of Homeland Security said the driver had tried to “weaponise” his vehicle and run over the agents.
ICE shooting eyewitness: ‘She was trying to run away.’
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has urged protesters to remain peaceful, saying that any illegal actions would play into the hands of Donald Trump.
On Friday night, about 1,000 people protested outside a downtown hotel believed to house ICE agents.
Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the demonstration turned violent when protesters threw snow, ice, and rocks at officers.
He reported that a block of ice injured a police officer, and the unrest led to the arrest of 29 people.
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Mr Frey, who has been critical of immigration agents and the shootings, said anyone found damaging property or engaging in other illegal activities would be detained.
“We will not match Donald Trump’s anarchy with our own kind of anarchy,” the mayor said at a news conference. “He is trying to lure us in.”
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called for peaceful demonstrations.
“Trump sent thousands of armed federal officers into our state and it took them just a day to kill someone,” Mr. Walz posted on social media.
“Now he wants nothing more than to distract from that terrible action. Don’t give him what he wants.”
