A woman is shot and killed by an ICE agent. What to know.
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Good morning. A woman is shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis as an immigration crackdown intensifies. We speak to the Minnesota Star Tribune reporter who went to the scene.
I saw about 30 ICE agents that I was able to count, and there were definitely over 100 people who were yelling back at ICE agents, saying, shame on you, you killed one of our neighbors.
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What happened when an ICE agent shot a Minneapolis woman and who was the victim?
It's Thursday, January 8th. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today.
Let's start in Minneapolis. Yesterday, Renee Nicole Good was shot in her car by ICE agents. She was 37 years old, a U.S. citizen. Her killing drew hundreds of people to protest in the streets. They were met with armed federal agents who deployed chemical irritants. It comes amid a widespread immigration crackdown in the city, long opposed by Minnesota's state government. President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the shooting as seeming to be in self-defense, a characterization rejected by Governor Tim Walz, the local mayor, and some witnesses at the scene. By now, you might have seen the video of the fatal encounter, verified by multiple news organizations. From the video, Good's car is seen blocking a lane on a snowy residential street.
A truck approaches, and she appears to wave for them to go past. The agents instead emerge from the truck and order her out of the vehicle. One agent tries to open the door, and Good first reverses away from the agents and then drives forward. In Reuter's analysis of the video, the driver turns the wheels right in what appears to be an attempt to drive up the street away from the officers. The agent in front of the car pulls out his weapon and fires three times. In Reuter's conclusion, at least one of those shots fired after the car's front bumper had passed him. Secretary Noem described the incident as domestic terrorism at a press conference.
They were attempting to push out their vehicle and a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle. An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively shot to protect himself and the people around him.
When Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey spoke to reporters, he angrily disputed the DHS version of events.
They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bulls**t. This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.
It comes a day after DHS announced an expansion in their month-long enforcement efforts there, calling it their largest operation ever. Sophia Barnett, a reporter with the Minnesota Star Tribune's immigration team, told us about it.
A lot of ICE agents have been focused on the Somali community. So we see a lot of people outside of this place called Carmel Mall, which is really sort of like a hub of Somali life. And also an area, Lake Street, that's got a lot of Latino immigrants. We're seeing a lot of ICE presence there as well.
The administration has been increasingly targeting people of Somali descent, particularly after Minnesota's major welfare fraud scandals, which involved a number of Somali immigrants. This latest push comes only days after Walz announced his decision not to seek reelection as governor, citing the scrutiny over the schemes. Speaking yesterday, Walz said he had issued an order to prepare the state's National Guard, and he urged his constituents to remain peaceful.
To Minnesotans, I say this. I feel your anger. I'm angry. They want a show. We can't give it to them. We cannot. If you protest and express your First Amendment rights, please do so peacefully as you always do. We can't give them what they want.
Barnett told us the city's reaction to increased ICE presence in recent weeks had been overwhelmingly negative.
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:42
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What happened when an ICE agent shot a Minneapolis woman and who was the victim?
0:42–9:26
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How do video accounts and Reuters' analysis describe the moments leading up to the shooting?
9:26–14:17
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Why do local officials and the White House disagree about whether the shooting was self‑defense?
14:17–15:06
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