Thousands of protesters They went out again this Saturday to the streets of downtown minneapolis to report the actions of an agent of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that shot and killed a woman, Renee Nicole Goodlast Wednesday.
He Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee has called a demonstration under the slogan “ICE out of Minnesota” in it powerhorn park of the city, very close to the place where Renee Good was shot dead by the agent Jonathan Rossmember of a ICE tactical unit.
Investigation in the hands of the FBI
Local leadersincluding the governor, Tim Walzhave defended the need to involve the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Arrest in the case, but from this organization they have denounced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) They have been banned from accessing key case material. The FBI has taken over solo research.
On Thursday afternoon there was already hundreds of people demanding the departure of ICE in Minneapolis despite the rain. On Friday there was new protests in the middle of a tense environment and they were arrested 30 peoplewho were later released.
Political clash and accusations from the Government
The secretary of Home Security, Kristi Noemhas claimed that Good perpetrated “an act of domestic terrorism”while the president donald trump has accused the woman of “run over” an agent in a message that includes a video in which no accident is seen.
This incident is part of a specific campaign of the US federal administrationwhich has sent 2,100 additional agents to Minneapolis. On Friday it was also announced the transfer of 1,000 more agents of the Customs and Border Protection Service.
Complaints from Democratic congressmen
Ilhan Omarone of the visible faces of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and member of the House of Representatives for him Minnesota’s 5th Districthas reported that he was denied access to the ICE processing center in Minneapolis this Saturday morning, when she was accompanied by two other congresswomen from the state, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison.
“Shortly after letting us in, two officials came and told us that they had received a message that We were no longer allowed in the building. and? they had withdrawn the invitation“Omar explained, according to the local CBS affiliate.
Craig has pointed out that they explained to them that, since the funding for the center came from the Great and Beautiful Law driven by donald trump, “they denied us access”. Morrison added that the population “he doesn’t want ICE here or now” and has asked for one thorough and transparent investigation about what happened with Renee Good.
