{"id":128423,"date":"2026-01-10T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/128423\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:17:08","slug":"protests-against-ice-are-held-around-southern-california-on-saturday-pasadena-star-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/128423\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests against ICE are held around Southern California on Saturday \u2013 Pasadena Star News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters against immigration enforcement are taking to the streets across the nation and in Southern California on Saturday Jan. 10 after a federal officer shot and killed a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis and another agent shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon this week.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations come as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what it calls its biggest-ever immigration enforcement operation. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who \u201cweaponized\u201d their vehicles to attack officers.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said, and videos posted on social media show, that the woman who was killed in Minneapolis, Renee Good, was slowly turning her Honda Pilot SUV away from the officers to leave the scene when one officer fired at her through her windshield.<\/p>\n<p>At least two protests were held in Orange County on Friday night, in Santa Ana and Fullerton, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/01\/07\/la-demonstrators-accuse-ice-of-terror-after-fatal-immigration-shooting-in-minneapolis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protests were held earlier this week in Los Angeles and elsewhere<\/a>. A rally against both Good\u2019s shooting and the Trump administration\u2019s involvement in Venezuela is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>To see where other anti-ICE demonstrations are planned around Southern California this weekend, check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiftyfifty.one\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">50501movement website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Beaumont residents, from left, Deysi Reyes, Domic, Jordan, Darin and Daxton protest at the intersection of Third and D streets Saturday, Jan. 10. The group gathered in response to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37, of Minneapolis. (Photo by Israel J. Carre\u00f3n Jr., The San Bernardino Sun\/SCNG)\" width=\"5712\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LDN-L-ICE-PROTEST-01113.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5409444\" \/>Beaumont residents, from left, Deysi Reyes, Domic, Jordan, Darin and Daxton protest at the intersection of Third and D streets Saturday, Jan. 10. The group gathered in response to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer\u2019s fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37, of Minneapolis. (Photo by Israel J. Carre\u00f3n Jr., The San Bernardino Sun\/SCNG)<\/p>\n<p>In Pasadena, several hundred protesters gathered at the corner of Garfield Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, chanting \u201cNo ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA!\u201d to the accompaniment of car horns and cheers. At 1 p.m., the names of people killed in ICE custody or in encounters with federal agents were to be read out loud, momentarily silencing the noise barrage.<\/p>\n<p>One sign read, \u201cOnly Murderers in the White House\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pasadena teacher Cynthia\u00a0 Macias, 49, of Altadena said she took to the street to assuage feeling helpless in the face of Trump administration\u2019s actions. \u201cWhat can we do? And like Martin Luther King Jr. said, \u2018We stand together. \u2018 \u201d It\u2019s what I teach my first graders, be kind and respectful and resolve conflicts with words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steven Eubanks, 51, said he felt compelled to get out of his comfort zone and attend a Saturday protest in Durham, North Carolina, because of what he called the \u201chorrifying\u201d killing in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t allow it,\u201d Eubanks said. \u201cWe have to stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indivisible, a social movement organization that formed to resist the Trump administration, said hundreds of protests are scheduled in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Florida and other states. Many were dubbed \u201cICE Out for Good\u201d using the acronym for the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Indivisible and its local chapters organized protests in all 50 states last year.<\/p>\n<p>In Minneapolis, a coalition of migrant rights groups called for a demonstration at Powderhorn Park, a large green space about half a mile from the residential neighborhood where\u00a037-year-old Renee Good\u00a0was shot on Wednesday. They said the rally and march would celebrate\u00a0Good\u2019s life\u00a0and call for an \u201cend to deadly terror on our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protests held in the neighborhood so far have been peaceful, in contrast to the violence that hit Minneapolis in the\u00a0aftermath of the killing of George Floyd\u00a0in 2020. Near the airport, some confrontations erupted on Thursday and Friday between smaller groups of protesters and agents guarding the federal building used as a base for the Twin Cities crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis police said at least 30 people were cited and released during protests Friday night that drew hundreds of people. Police said protesters threw ice, snow and rocks at officers, police vehicles and other vehicles, but no serious injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin have said the officer who shot Good was justified in firing his gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn\u2019t hit by a car, wasn\u2019t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to observing that videos have indicated otherwise, some law enforcement officials and experts around the nation have stated publicly that an officer should not position himself in front of a moving vehicle or shoot into one.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Saturday, relatives of a man who was fatally shot by an off-duty federal agent in Northridge and civil rights advocates are scheduled to conduct a candlelight vigil in Carson in his memory, as well as to honor Good\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Porter, 43, was fatally shot shortly after 11:30 p.m. Dec. 31 in the 17700 block of Roscoe Boulevard, near White Oak Avenue, by an unidentified agent. The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement saying the agent \u201cbravely responded to an active shooter situation\u201d and \u201cexchanged gunfire with\u201d Porter.<\/p>\n<p>Local activists, however, said Porter was not an active shooter, although he had been firing a weapon into the air to celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Najee Ali, the director of Project Islamic Hope and one of the vigil\u2019s organizers, said the shootings of Good and Porter \u201care not isolated incidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey reflect a dangerous pattern of excessive force, poor judgment, and a lack of accountability that is costing innocent people their lives,\u201d Ali said in a statement. \u201cWe are coming together to mourn, to demand truth and to call for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vigil is set for 5 p.m. in Carson Park.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for more.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2026\/01\/09\/immigration-enforcement-protests-minnesota-portland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer\u2019s perspective, brings fresh scrutiny<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters against immigration enforcement are taking to the streets across the nation and in Southern California on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,138,100,2058,136],"class_list":["post-128423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-news","tag-protest","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}