A large demonstration formed on the steps of the City-County building in Downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday night hours after the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis. The crowd of a few dozen people sang and prayed together for the 37-year-old woman who authorities said was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. She has since been identified as Renee Nicole Good. “Like many of us, she was engaged in what we believe to be peaceful resistance against ICE as her first amendment right,” said Megan Guidi with Pittsburgh Women for Democracy. Guidi, one of the organizers of the event, presented a list of demands regarding ICE’s local presence. The first was directed to new Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor. She asked him to uphold the “no cooperation with ICE agreement.”“We call on Governor Shapiro, no state police cooperation with ICE,” said Guillermo Perez said when sharing another demand. PA Rep. Abigail Salisbury backed that by telling the crowd she introduced a bill in the state house that would ban Pennsylvania State Police from working with ICE.“There is also an opportunity for Governor Shapiro to issue an executive order,” Salisbury said. “However, we know that executive orders can be rescinded so it’s important for us to actually codify these laws.”Lastly, the protesters said they want ICE out of courtrooms. “I think right now it’s a demonstration of rage because a lot of people are hurt, a lot of people are scared but we need to transform those negative emotions into something positive, something tangible,” said Matt Jordan with the Latino advocacy group Casa San José. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to the mayor’s office. We are still waiting to hear back.

PITTSBURGH —

A large demonstration formed on the steps of the City-County building in Downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday night hours after the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

The crowd of a few dozen people sang and prayed together for the 37-year-old woman who authorities said was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. She has since been identified as Renee Nicole Good.

“Like many of us, she was engaged in what we believe to be peaceful resistance against ICE as her first amendment right,” said Megan Guidi with Pittsburgh Women for Democracy.

Guidi, one of the organizers of the event, presented a list of demands regarding ICE’s local presence. The first was directed to new Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor. She asked him to uphold the “no cooperation with ICE agreement.”

“We call on Governor Shapiro, no state police cooperation with ICE,” said Guillermo Perez said when sharing another demand.

PA Rep. Abigail Salisbury backed that by telling the crowd she introduced a bill in the state house that would ban Pennsylvania State Police from working with ICE.

“There is also an opportunity for Governor Shapiro to issue an executive order,” Salisbury said. “However, we know that executive orders can be rescinded so it’s important for us to actually codify these laws.”

Lastly, the protesters said they want ICE out of courtrooms.

“I think right now it’s a demonstration of rage because a lot of people are hurt, a lot of people are scared but we need to transform those negative emotions into something positive, something tangible,” said Matt Jordan with the Latino advocacy group Casa San José.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to the mayor’s office. We are still waiting to hear back.