Younger college students march close to Kenny Neighborhood College in Minneapolis, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, a day after an ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old lady.
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Protests continued for a second day in Minnesota and different states on Thursday, as demonstrators expressed grief and outrage over the demise of Renee Nicole Good. The 37-year-old was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday morning.
Good was shot whereas inside her automobile throughout an encounter with a number of ICE brokers in south Minneapolis. Town has been the goal of a large-scale immigration enforcement operation.
Federal brokers stand watch as protestors collect outdoors the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Constructing close to Minneapolis, on Thursday.
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Protesters collect outdoors the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Constructing, on Thursday, close to Minneapolis.
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President Trump and members of his administration declare the girl had “weaponized her automobile” and that the ICE agent acted in self-defense. Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday stated that lethal pressure is justified when confronted with a weapon.
“It is clearly established legislation {that a} automobile pushed by an individual and used to hurt somebody is a lethal weapon,” she stated, including, “So, I do consider that this officer used his coaching on this state of affairs.”
Nonetheless, native leaders and eyewitnesses reject these claims and describe the capturing as reckless. Movies captured by bystanders additionally elevate questions on federal brokers’ use of pressure.
Inside hours of the capturing, giant crowds of individuals gathered on the road the place Good was killed to carry a vigil. White roses and candles had been positioned within the snow surrounding a small wood cross and an indication that learn “Keep in mind.” Others held up posters that condemned ICE and demanded Good’s demise be dropped at justice.
Folks collect at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis for 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a day after she was fatally shot.
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Protesters collect on Thursday outdoors the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Constructing.
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The requires accountability sound acquainted to Trahern Crews, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota. The capturing passed off lower than a mile from the place George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. It is why Crews believes Minnesotans are well-equipped and able to battle for social justice and legislation enforcement accountability.
“It introduced all of these emotions again,” he stated.
The killing struck a nerve far past Minneapolis. By Wednesday evening, giant demonstrations emerged in main cities throughout the nation, together with in New York Metropolis, Chicago and Portland, Ore., with many protesters voicing anger over Good’s demise and the presence of ICE in their very own communities.
In New York on Wednesday, folks take part in a protest in response to the deadly capturing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
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Demonstrators maintain a vigil organized by the Ward 40+ Neighborhood Response Group at Winnemac Park in Chicago, Ailing., on Wednesday.
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On Thursday, as demonstrations continued in Minneapolis, federal legislation enforcement officers had been seen clashing with protesters or bystanders on at the very least two events, based on movies and photographs reviewed by NPR.
Minneapolis Public Faculties canceled courses for the rest of the week “as a consequence of security considerations” following an altercation between U.S. border patrol brokers and residents outdoors an area highschool, MPR Information reported.
The Division of Homeland Safety didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Folks on Thursday continued to mourn on the road the place 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed on Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
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Extra demonstrations are deliberate to happen throughout the nation this weekend. Crews from Minnesota anticipates that Minnesotans will maintain protesting till the ICE agent who fired the gun is held accountable and, extra broadly, federal immigration officers withdraw from the state.
“ I think about folks will probably be within the streets from now for the subsequent month, almost certainly, or till there’s an arrest,” he stated.
