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The mood was heated after a Venezuelan immigrant was shot in the leg.
According to a statement by Homeland Security, the agent was being attacked and he shot in self-defense.
Since Rene Good was shot dead, protesters have been clashing with federal immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis on a daily basis, demanding they leave the city.
One woman who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal says she's disappointed in local officials.
You know, come outside with the people.
Like, you're just doing press conferences for what?
Like, come outside and help us.
Homeland Security has said it currently has around 2,800 agents on the ground.
Jasmine Garst, NPR News, Minneapolis.
The kids say this summer was the summer of nothing, that it was boring as hell.
Nothing happened, nothing at all.
One mother in Maryland told me she quietly lost her mind this summer.
The weather was bad the day I drove down there to the southern part of the state where rivers and creeks crisscrossed the land.
It was late August, hurricane season, and Tropical Storm Erin had led to coastal flooding warnings up and down the Mid-Atlantic.