Thousands of demonstrators marched through Minneapolis streets in United States on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Renee Good by an immigration officer, one of more than 1,000 rallies nationwide opposing federal deportation policies.
Despite freezing winds, the turnout highlighted the outrage sparked by Wednesday’s incident, which has ignited marches in major cities and smaller communities alike, reports Reuters.
Minnesota’s Democratic leaders and US President Donald Trump’s administration have issued sharply different accounts of the shooting. Protesters, led by Indigenous Mexican dancers, marched toward the neighborhood where Good was killed in her car, chanting her name along with slogans such as “Abolish ICE” and “No justice, no peace”.
Ellison Montgomery, one of the protesters, said, “I’m insanely angry, completely heartbroken and devastated, and then just longing and hoping that things get better.”
State officials have condemned the shooting as unjustified, citing video that appeared to show Good’s vehicle turning away when shots were fired. Federal authorities, however, insist the officer acted in self‑defense, claiming Good drove toward him after another agent ordered her to exit the vehicle. Good was known locally as a volunteer who monitored ICE activity in Minneapolis.
Good was killed on Wednesday by a federal ICE officer during an immigration enforcement raid in Minneapolis.
The woman had been identified as Renee Nicole Good who presented as a legal observer amid protests opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
After the fatal shooting, demonstrators rapidly assembled near the site, chanting slogans such as “Shame! Shame! Shame,” and “ICE out of Minnesota!” Federal officers wearing gas masks and carrying heavy weapons confronted some protesters, deploying chemical agents to disperse the crowd.
Similar spontaneous demonstrations were reported across several US cities later on Wednesday, as the Trump administration maintained that the ICE officer involved had acted in “self-defence”.
