In Minneapolis, the deadly ICE shooting has reopened old wounds

By Phoebe Hosier, ABC News

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Somali woman Fathmo Hassan has barely left her Minneapolis home in weeks.

But with homemade sambusas and canisters of coffee ready to be dispensed, she stepped out into the pale winter day and headed to the suburban street where mourners were gathering to remember Renee Nicole Good.

"She was a mother, she was respected. She tried to help the people," Hassan said, standing on an icy footpath at the memorial. "It's very, very sad."

Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was monitoring an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation when she was fatally shot through the windshield and open window of her car by an immigration officer earlier this week.

She was what is described as a legal observer, someone who volunteers their time to document ICE operations and warn communities when the officers are nearby.

Her killing has ignited nationwide protests and further entrenched deep political divisions over the Trump administration's increasingly violent immigration crackdown.

The nature of her killing, and the aggressive political rhetoric that quickly ensued, has enraged a city still scarred by a recent string of violent tragedies, and where the memory of murdered African American man George Floyd looms large.

Since December, immigration officers, known as ICE, have conducted sweeping operations across the city, deploying 2000 masked and armed officers in what it described as its largest operation to date.

The actions in Minneapolis