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Minneapolis is reeling as residents, elected officials and national leaders try to decipher the fatal Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a residential neighborhood. |
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Footage from various angles showing an ICE agent confronting Good has been viewed by millions across the country as tensions over President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign escalates. |
Democratic lawmakers and their allies want the agent, who remains unknown, arrested and Minneapolis leaders are demanding ICE leave the city, which saw massive protests six years ago after the murder of George Floyd by a local officer. | An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. Getty Images |
All sides are rushing to cement a national narrative about Good, 37, the mother of a 6-year-old child, who has been described as a "loving, forgiving and affectionate" by family members who other supporters say was acting as a legal observer of ICE actions. |
Trump and his supporters are casting the slain activist differently, however, saying she used her vehicle as a weapon and asserting that the agent fired in self-defense. |
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Have others been shot during federal deportation operations in US cities? Good is at least the third person to be shot by immigration enforcement agents, and the second to be killed. |
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It is a bold move that Republican hawks and some Venezuelan-Americans are cheering, but its legality remains a subject of intense debate with Democrats and United Nations experts questioning if it abides by the U.S. Constitution or international law. |
Trump said this week the U.S. will extract oil from Venezuela and market it globally for years after suggesting America would "run" the foreign country in coordination with interim authorities there. He has also expressed an appetite to take a similar approach with other countries, such as Colombia and Cuba, as the administration flexes an aggressive doctrine in what has historically been viewed as America's backyard. |
But the action comes at a perilous political time for the president, whose approval numbers have sunk to the mid-30s ahead of the critical midterm elections this year. |
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