Anti‑ICE protests held across US after agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis

By Hanna Park, CNN Photo: ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good. In Minneapolis, snow flurries drifted down as thousands of people gathered in parks, along residential streets and outside federal buildings, chanting Good's name, whose death has become a focal point of national outrage over federal authorities' tactics in US cities while carrying out President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown. Similar protests unfolded across the US - from Los Angeles and New York to Washington, DC, El Paso and Boston. More than 1000 demonstrations were planned across the country this weekend by the "ICE out for good" national coalition of advocacy groups. "The response to ICE's horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good is loud, peaceful, and inescapable," coalition member group Indivisible said in a Saturday Facebook post accompanied by images of protests in multiple cities. The demonstrations are in response to "the escalation of ICE violence in our communities", the fatal ICE shooting of Good as well as "the months-long pattern of unchecked violence and abuse in marginalised communities across America", the coalition said, noting that all gatherings are meant to be "nonviolent, lawful, and community-led" actions to honor the people who have died in ICE confrontations and demand accountability. Now, "hundreds more" Customs and Border Patrol officers will be sent to Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures. "We're sending more officers today and tomorrow, they'll arrive. There will be hundreds more in order to allow our ICE and our Border Patrol individuals that are working in Minneapolis to do so safely," Noem said. After Mayor Jacob Frey strongly condemned the shooting and urged ICE agents to get out of his city last week, Noem told CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday that Frey and other leaders needed to tone down their rhetoric. In a separate interview with Tapper on Sunday, Frey doubled down on his assertion the officer who shot Good was "a federal agent recklessly using power that ended up in somebody dying". Frey called for a "neutral" and "unbiased" investigation into the shooting. "And by the way, I shouldn't be the one conducting the investigation, nor should Kristi Noem, but you should have an entity that is able to do it with some common sense and operating in reality," he said. Thousands protest across Minneapolis Saturday's protests in Minneapolis started at Powderhorn Park, a historic spot for demonstrations and a central gathering place during the 2020 protests after the killing of George Floyd, whose deadly encounter with police occurred not far from where Good, a ]https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk 37-year-old mother of three], was fatally shot. From there, thousands marched through nearby neighbourhoods before converging on the street where Good died Wednesday morning. As temperatures hovered near 20F (-7C), demonstrators shared blankets and hot drinks, holding signs reading "ICE will melt" and "It's not very pro-life to kill our neighbours", as repeated chants of Good's name echoed through the park and surrounding streets. Elsewhere in the city, loud bangs rang out and agents fired pepper balls at a much smaller crowd of protesters outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, where demonstrators have been confronting ICE agents during daily protests. According to CNN's Omar Jimenez, who was on the scene, the law enforcement presence outside the facility increased significantly after several instances of cars being hit with snow and ice, or protesters trying to block vehicles from leaving the facility. Jimenez reported that rallies at the Whipple building have been more confrontational than other demonstrations around the city, as the location puts protesters directly across from the federal agents they're protesting against. During a large protest of about 1000 people Friday night in downtown Minneapolis, some individuals "broke off" from the crowds and began spraying graffiti and causing damage to the windows of a hotel, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said at a news conference Saturday. Demonstrators have converged outside hotels where they believe federal agents are staying in the Twin Cities. More than 200 Minneapolis police officers and state troopers responded, and 29 people were detained, cited and later released, O'Hara said, noting one officer suffered minor injuries. Mayor Jacob Frey said Saturday that most demonstrators had acted peacefully but warned that those who damaged property or endangered others would be arrested. "We cannot take the bait," Frey said. "We will...

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