The Don Lemon Show
HOT TOPICS | ICE Agent Shot and Killed a U.S. Citizen - Arrest Him NOW!
08 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What happened during the ICE shooting incident in Minneapolis?
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Chapter 2: How are political narratives shifting following the shooting?
You know, it's the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, right across the river from each other. But anyways, this is St. Paul. And this there have been clashes between agents and officers and protesters there.
some of them have been um i don't know if i would call them extremely violent but there have been some excuse me people were thrown to the ground um there have people their hands have been they put their hands on them the officers did there's been some pushing and shoving and shouting and so That is where we begin is we're going to keep an eye on these pictures, but the people there are pissed.
They're mad and they should be mad. We're not going to sit here and pretend that this, you know, well, maybe it could be this. Maybe it could be that. We've seen it. We know what happened. You looked at the video. We know the excuses that they're going to use, the excuses that some lawmakers, especially Republican MAGA lawmakers, all of the people that you would expect.
They are, you know, saying, oh, you know, the guy, the car was in the way or whatever.
Chapter 3: What does the video evidence reveal about the shooting?
Look, we don't know. And they don't know. And there's one surprising voice that's saying, everybody calm down. Let's let's I don't know. I wasn't there. I don't know what happened. But this is what I want us to do this morning. And that is, I think, to lean in for a moment and don't think about, if we can, don't think about this in partisan ways, right?
Not as voters or partisans, but really just as human beings. Excuse me, because let's not forget that there is a mom who is dead here. There is an American mother Renee Nicole Good, 37 years old. Now, look, I don't know. She's not a public figure. I don't know about her background.
Chapter 4: Why is there public outrage over the ICE agent's actions?
She didn't seem like some paid agitator or someone who was out of control. If you look and we're going to play the video, obviously, just keep her picture up for a minute. But when you see the video, it doesn't look like she's like being aggressive or whatever. She's like waving cars by like, come on, go through or whatever.
And she thought the ICE car, if you really look at it, she thought the ICE car was trying to get past her. And so when they came out, if I was in that position, I'd be startled. Like, why are you approaching my car? I'm trying to let you go. I'm turning around in the middle of the street. I mean, let's just be real about what we're seeing. Yes, this is disgusting, Dr. Parker, 910.
It is disgusting. So good morning to folks in Florida. I see some people here from Ireland. So everywhere, good morning to the people everywhere.
Chapter 5: What role does misinformation play in shaping public perception?
Let me know where you are because it's important. Our viewers and people who like us in Southern California and who watch us and who are part of our community, they're from all over the world. An American mother is dead, dead today, shot by an agent of the United States government, an ICE agent.
And you know how the old saying is like, and you know, before the body was even cold, they couldn't wait to do this. And that's true. They couldn't wait to lie about what was already on the street. The lie was already on the street. And they couldn't wait to lie about what happened. They told you that she hit an ICE agent with her car, that it was intentional.
They told you that the agent was afraid of his life. That's going to be the defense, right? And they told you that it was justified without waiting for an investigation to play out. But if you really look at the video, and we can put it up, if you look at the video, the video tells a different story. The reporting tells a different story. Look at it.
Chapter 6: How does the administration's response affect accountability?
Watch, she's gonna, she was waving a car by, and then she tried to wave the truck by. And then they approach her car. And now even law enforcement is backing away from that claim. There's no evidence that she struck anyone. There's no evidence of that. There's no evidence that she was a threat. There's no evidence there.
You're seeing there's no evidence until you get until someone thoroughly examines this from every single situation until it is thoroughly investigated. Because if you look at it from some angles, you'll see, well, this guy was on the side of the car, especially when he fired the second shots. It was just a woman in a car and then the trigger was pulled.
So I just want to say something very plainly and clear here because we dance around this way too much in this country. And because this is what you call entitlement and privilege. It's what... It's what... I don't know, should you call it power?
Yeah, it's what power, people in power and situations of power, it's what it looks like or what they look like when they believe that it's never gonna be, they're never gonna be questioned about it.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of this incident for law enforcement policies?
That they can just shape reality and say whatever they think is gonna get them out of trouble. They have to have this narrative that the woman was the threat and she was going after the officer. I don't believe that she even knew it was an officer. That's my opinion because she's waving people by. She's like, come on by. Come on by. And then someone gets out of the car.
And if you get out of the car and you're like, wait, wait, what is this? I'd probably drive off too. So as we this is no different. Well, a little bit. It's similar to what we saw with George Florida, with all these police stops. And we say, well, these officers are acting, you know, a little erratically. Why don't they comply? Except, you know, it's weird that the why don't they comply crowd?
Chapter 8: What actions can the public take in response to this tragedy?
That's the same crowd that believe that they don't have to comply with Capitol Police officers. They don't have to comply with anything. They believe that they should be able to run roughshod over law enforcement and just go into the Capitol and be able to spread poop and all that stuff. And everybody's dancing around about what this is.
And so I'm not always, you guys think because I am bold enough and I have enough confidence to be able to talk about this, but there are racial undertones of this, of people who think that they can get away with things just simply because of the skin that they're in and who they are. I don't see any of the talks this morning.
I sort of skimmed through the morning shows and I'm like, why isn't anybody talking about this? When I asked Mike Nellis yesterday on Substack, what's wrong with your people? And he goes, you mean my people? You mean Democrats? And then I said, no. And he goes, oh, you mean white people? And I said, yes. He goes, I don't know. You just think that you can do this and get away with it.
This is what happens when the badge is threatened Real life. And when that badge is treated as a holy grail and life in front of it is treated as disposable. That's what that is. It doesn't matter. So this is really not about immigration. It's not about politics. It's about whether the government gets to kill someone. and then decide the truth afterwards, shaping the narrative.
We're gonna do what we want, but they have to do this because this blows up their whole narrative about that these people are out there protecting the peace and security of the American people. This blows it up. And then it's gonna bring into question every single person that they put on the street, whether it's ICE or the National Guard or whatever. Because notice what happened.
They did not take a second. They barely took a breath. They didn't even barely look at the video. If you read the New York Times interview, Donald Trump didn't really look at that video because they call him on it. They didn't say, let's investigate. They didn't say, let's get this right. They rushed out a story that made the dead woman the villain.
And then the shooter, the victim, they're blaming the victim. Make no mistake about it. That is the cover reflex. Cover your CYA. Cover your ass. I've been doing this long enough to recognize it when I see it. I've been through too many George Floyds and Trayvon Martins and all of it. I've been through all of it. All of it. All of it. Michael Browns. All of it. I've seen it. I've seen it.
I've seen it. I've watched Donald Trump when he was questioned about this. And I've read the, excuse me, I've read the New York Times when Donald Trump was questioned about this. And his tone in that interview and his posture, we pressed Trump on his conclusion about the ICE shootings. Here's what he said.
The exchange was a glimpse into the president's reflexive defense of his federal crackdown on immigration. Scroll through that because I urge you to read it. By the way, remember that's a woman with the laptop that was the printer lady that they thought, I believe that's who she was that they thought was like, they weren't sure of her exact role in this administration. Like, why is she here?
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