Thousands of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement demonstrations are expected to occur across the country this weekend in response to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis this week.
The nonviolent protests, being called “ICE Out For Good,” are scheduled to take place Saturday and Sunday in New York, Los Angeles, Boulder, Chicago, Philadelphia and more.
Groups, such as Indivisible, Voto Latino, ACLU, Disappeared in America Campaign and 50501, are helping organize the lawful protests, which call for the government to reduce ICE presence in cities and demand accountability.
Anti-ICE protests have been ongoing in Minneapolis. Several protesters have been spotted wearing costumes, waving signs that read “abolish ICE” and blowing whistles in the city’s downtown area.
Meanwhile, new cellphone footage of the fatal shooting, reportedly taken by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, emerged Friday. The video, obtained by Alpha News, shows the officer’s interaction with Good before firing shots into her vehicle.
Minnesota lawmakers asked to leave Minneapolis federal building
Minnesota Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison were denied access to a federal building in Minneapolis Saturday morning.
The Democratic lawmakers arrived at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for what Omar described as congressional oversight, according to CNN.
After entering the building for roughly 10 minutes, the lawmakers were told they needed to leave.
Thousands of protests planned this weekend
More than 1,000 anti-ICE protests are expected to take place over the weekend in response to the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
The demonstrations, called “ICE Out For Good,” are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Organizers of the protests have emphasized the events be nonviolent and lawful.
In Photos: Protests in Minneapolis Friday evening
Protesters sue ICE to stop ‘unconstitutional’ Minnesota actions
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in December on behalf of a group of Minneapolis residents who alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents followed them home, fired chemical spray and rubber bullets and threatened them with arrest as Donald Trump’s administration began surging federal law enforcement into the state.
But “extraordinary circumstances” — including Good’s death and aggressive confrontations with federal agents in the wake of her killing — require a federal judge’s swift intervention to block any further threats, plaintiffs wrote Thursday.
‘You’re almost inducing a shooting’: Former officers break down what went wrong in Minneapolis
The officer, who has been identified as Jonathan Ross, fired three shots because he feared for his life, according to administration officials.
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Father of ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good breaks silence over killing
The father of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minnesota, has come forward to defend his son’s actions and believes he will be cleared of any wrongdoing.
“He will not be charged with anything,” Ed Ross, 80, told The Daily Mail, describing his son as a “tremendous” person of whom he is deeply proud.
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Anti-ICE protesters demonstrate outside hotel
Demonstration planned in park near shooting
In Minneapolis, a coalition of migrant rights groups have called for a demonstration at Powderhorn Park, a large green space about half a mile from where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot in a residential neighborhood on Wednesday.
They said the rally and march would celebrate Good’s life and call for an “end to deadly terror on our streets.”
Protests held in the neighborhood so far have been peaceful, in contrast to the violence that hit Minneapolis in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
Near the airport, some confrontations erupted on Thursday and Friday between smaller groups of protesters and agents guarding the federal building used as a base for the Twin Cities crackdown.
ICYMI: Minneapolis mayor says JD Vance ‘absolute immunity’ comment is ‘bizarre’
Jacob Frey has said that Vice President JD Vance’s suggestion that the ICE agent responsible for Wednesday’s shooting has “absolute immunity” is “pretty bizarre.”
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Vance said: “The precedent is very simple: You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action — that’s a federal issue. He is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job.”
In a separate conference Friday, the Minneapolis mayor said: “This concept of absolute immunity is is pretty bizarre. It’s very concerning. It’s extremely concerning.
“That’s why we’re asking for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be part of the investigation for the timeline.”
More pictures from Minneapolis protests over Good’s death
Source: independent.co.uk