Jan 13 Protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off in Minnesota By Mark Vancleave, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press It's common for people to boo, taunt and blow orange whistles when they spot heavily armed agents passing through in unmarked vehicles or walking the streets. Continue reading
Jan 12 5 years between George Floyd and Renee Good videos, confusion has increased By David Bauder, Associated Press Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 5:45 ICE shootings spark outrage, protests across the country demanding accountability By John Yang, Kaisha Young This week’s series of shootings by federal agents enforcing Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration have sparked a weekend of protests. Voices of anger and outrage were heard at rallies and demonstrations across the country. John Yang speaks with Lisa Gilbert,… Continue watching
Jan 10 Experts question Noem calling Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what the term means By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the actions of Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, as "domestic terrorism."… Continue reading
Jan 10 Congress debates possible consequences for ICE and Noem after Renee Good's killing By Matt Brown, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions, from a full investigation into Renee Good's shooting death and policy changes over law enforcement raids to the defunding of ICE operations and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in what is fast becoming an inflection… Continue reading
Jan 09 'We had whistles. They had guns,' says wife of Minnesota woman killed by ICE agent By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as… Continue reading
Jan 09 Shootings in Minneapolis and Portland spur protests over federal enforcement operations By Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement… Continue reading
Jan 08 WATCH: Walz says Minnesota must play a role in investigation into ICE's killing of Renee Good By Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands. Continue reading
Jan 08 ICE shooting reinforces Minnesota's grim role as Trump's target By Nicholas Riccardi, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Trump has focused on several blue states in the divide-and-conquer campaign that has characterized his second term, and now he has turned to Minnesota, where the killing of George Floyd and the protests it sparked stained his first presidency. Continue reading
Jan 08 Woman killed by ICE agent was mother of 3, poet and new to Minneapolis By Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian, Associated Press In social media accounts, 37-year-old Renee Good described herself as a poet, writer, wife and mom. Continue reading