A week has passed since a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The city has since been engulfed in turmoil.
Thousands of protestors, ranging from young students to elderly community members, have taken to the streets, establishing memorials for Good while confronting ICE agents. Numerous arrests have been reported.
More than 2,000 ICE agents have been deployed to Minneapolis, with an additional 1,000 expected to arrive. Local leaders have condemned ICE’s aggressive tactics. “It feels like our community is under siege by our own federal government,” Minnesota state representative Michael Howard told The New York Times.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem maintains that Jonathan Ross, the agent involved in the shooting, acted in self-defense. Noem has characterized Good as a “domestic terrorist.”
Contrary to this narrative, videos emerging from Minneapolis depict a different scenario, showing Good appearing to drive away when Ross fired multiple shots through her windshield. In one video allegedly filmed on Ross’s cellphone, which was shared by members of the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, a male voice can be heard using derogatory language immediately following the shooting.
In response to the incident, the state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, have filed a lawsuit against the federal government aimed at stopping the influx of ICE agents.
Protests continue across Minnesota and nationwide, taking place in both urban and rural areas as residents don winter coats and stage walkouts to demonstrate against the federal government’s actions.
