At least 1,000 people marched in south Minneapolis last night toward the location where a woman was fatally shot by ICE, as freezing rain poured down.
As the crowd came down the street toward the makeshift memorial set up for Renee Nicole Good, a chorus of voices could be heard as a protester with a megaphone led the emotional, peaceful crowd through a series of chants.
When they arrived at the end of the residential street where Good was shot and killed as ICE personnel asked her to move her car, the protesters stopped and gathered closely together as rain pelted the large crowd.
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People march during a protest yesterday after the killing of Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images
“Say Her Name! Renee Nicole Good!,” the demonstrators chanted, along with calls for justice and “Money for jobs and education, not for cops and deportation.”
Caroline, 46, who asked that her last name not be used to protect her family’s safety, said: “It’s obviously not safe here. They are attacking our neighbors.”
Caroline said she felt tonight’s protest showed the spirit of Minnesota,
“This is our community. This is America. This is Minnesota,” she said.
Protester Muna Hassan, 28, echoed the sentiment. “We’re just one people. We are here to protect each other as a community,” she said.
Earlier, a crowd of protesters outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building were met with a line of federal officers, including from some from Border Patrol. The officers fired tear gas on the crowd at one point yesterday morning, pushing back the demonstrators.