The Fatal Shooting of a US Citizen by an ICE Officer in Minneapolis Could Spark Debate on Immigration Enforcement
Incident Details
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot while seated in the driver’s seat of her car during a confrontation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security described her as a “rioter” who was obstructing and attempting to use her vehicle against officers enforcing immigration laws.
“We’re not leaving until the problem is solved,” the agency said in a post on social media before the shooting.
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN, however, show nuance. The footage captures Good’s car, a maroon Honda Pilot, perpendicular in the middle of the street as several unmarked law enforcement vehicles approach. One passes in front of her, and Good waves her hand out of the window. Two officers get out of their truck and approach the driver’s side of her car.
Context and Preceding Events
The immigration-enforcement operation in Minneapolis was prompted in part by a conservative content creator’s viral video describing alleged fraud across Minneapolis day care centers. This came as President Donald Trump spent months expressing animus against Somali Americans, referring to them as “garbage” in xenophobic screeds.
Minneapolis hosts the largest diaspora of Somalis in the US. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, surged law enforcement up to about 2,000 immigration-enforcement officers by January during a maneuver it named “Operation Metro Surge.” The agency described the surge as the “largest DHS operation ever” and said it has resulted in the arrests of hundreds of immigrants.
Aftermath and Official Statements
Good’s killing has prompted outrage from state and local officials who said a violent incident like this is exactly what they feared when the rush of federal resources into the Twin Cities began in December. At a press conference after the shooting, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he had been “warning for weeks” that ICE operations in his state were a “threat to public safety.”
“Get the f**k out” of his city.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, meanwhile, bluntly told ICE to “get the f**k out” of his city. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a news conference Friday she is “not opposed to sending more” immigration authorities to Minneapolis following the shooting.
