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Breaking News: Noem Provides New Info On Woman Shot By ICE Agent In Minnesota… Read More πππ
Breaking News: Noem Provides New Info On Woman Shot By ICE Agent In Minnesota… Read More πππ
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman who she said had been stalking and impeding federal agents earlier in the day. Speaking at a news conference, Noem said ICE officers repeatedly ordered the woman, identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37, to exit her vehicle and stop obstructing law enforcement.
She refused to comply, Noem said, adding that the Department of Homeland Security is treating the incident as an act of domestic terrorism.
Video from the scene shows Goodβs car stopped in the middle of a residential street as ICE agents exited a dark gray Nissan Titan and approached her Honda Pilot. In the video, agents can be heard instructing her to get out of the vehicle. Good can be heard telling agents to βGo around.β
Moments later she appeared to βgunβ her engine and move forward. Video appears to show her vehicle striking the agent who then fired at her.
Noem said Good tried to βweaponize her vehicleβ and βattempted to run a law enforcement officer over.β
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated that Good was shot in the head and strongly dismissed the agencyβs claims of self-defense, calling them βbull****.β
βI have a message for ICE. To ICE: Get the f*** out of Minneapolis,β Frey said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. βWe do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite.
People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart. Long-term Minneapolis residents that have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture, to our economy are being terrorized. Now, somebody is dead. Thatβs on you, and itβs also on you to leave. Itβs on you to make sure that further damage, further loss of life and injury is not done,β he further claimed.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mentioned that he had reviewed the video and urged the public not to believe what he referred to as the DHSβs βpropaganda machineβ regarding the shooting.
βThe state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice,β Walz said.
βMy public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning. We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm,β he added.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian OβHara stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, alongside the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is leading the investigation into the shooting.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said ICE is βaccountable to no oneβ and demanded the agency be βreined in.β
βWe just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood,β she claimed, without noting that Good hit the agent with her vehicle.
Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, defended the actions of the agent and federal law enforcers in general, especially immigration officers.
βTo the radicals assaulting them, doxxing them, and threatening them: congratulations, weβre going to work even harder to enforce the law,β Vance wrote on X.
DHS under President Donald Trump has repeatedly attributed a rise in violence against federal agents to sanctuary policies and the Democratic officials who support them. Democrats and immigration advocates counter that immigrants, regardless of legal status, are entitled to humane treatment and that protesters have a right to express their views peacefully.
That said, it is against the law to impede federal agents in the course of performing their duties. And the administration argues that includes immigration officers performing removal operations of individuals who are in the country illegally.
