Days after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, about a thousand protesters descended on a hotel where ICE agents are reportedly staying as the federal immigration operation continues in Minnesota.
Law enforcement officers line up during a protest of ICE in downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 9. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Protests over the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross reached a fever pitch in downtown Minneapolis on Friday night as police ordered a noisy protest outside a hotel to disperse and arrested more than a dozen people without incident.
The ICE operation in Minnesota, bolstered by hundreds of new federal agents who arrived in the state this week, is continuing in force days after the agent fatally shot Good in south Minneapolis.
While immigration agents continue making arrests as part of “Operation Metro Surge,” which started in Minnesota more than a month ago, state and federal leaders continue sparring over their versions of events that led to Good’s death on Wednesday morning.
On Friday, Minnesota prosecutors announced they would launch their own investigation into the shooting after the FBI took sole ownership of the case.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has maintained that Minnesota leaders “don’t have any jurisdiction in this investigation.”
A new video published Friday, apparently filmed by Ross, appeared to show the deadly confrontation from the ICE agent’s perspective.
The governor has activated the National Guard in preparation for potential unrest following the shooting, with more protests planned for the weekend.
