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By Billal Rahman
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The City of Minneapolis has announced it will remove barriers blocking streets near where Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent.
The Context
Barricades have been erected across streets near the site after Good, 37, was shot and killed on Wednesday by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
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The shooting occurred near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue in a residential neighborhood south of downtown, during the agency’s latest round of city-focused immigration enforcement operations.
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Residents in the area had raised concerns about neighborhood access, with several nonemergency 311 calls requesting the removal of the barriers, according to the City.
"Safety has to come first—every second matters when lives are on the line," Interim Chief Melanie Rucker, Minneapolis Fire Department, said in a press release.
"Just up the street from this location, our crews were actively fighting a three-alarm fire on Monday night. When streets are blocked, it slows our response, limits access to critical resources and puts both residents and emergency responders at risk,” she added.
Officials added that the memorial created and maintained by community members would not be removed.
"We will continue to keep the area around these memorials clear and clean for the benefit of all," the city wrote in a statement.
Good, a mother of three, had recently moved to Minnesota. According to the Associated Press, she had no known criminal record beyond a minor traffic violation.
Bystander video appears to show an officer approaching her vehicle, demanding that she open the door and reaching for the handle. As the car begins to move, another ICE officer is seen drawing a firearm and firing at least two shots into the SUV.
The shooting comes against a backdrop of heightened concerns in Minneapolis, after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that more than 2,000 federal agents had descended on the state as part of an intensified law enforcement operation. Residents and local leaders have expressed worry about the increased federal presence and its impact on the community.
What People Are Saying
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, on X: "I’ve seen the video. Don’t believe this propaganda machine. The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice."
JD Vance wrote in a post on X: "Every congressional democrat and every democrat who's running for president should be asked a simple question: Do you think this officer was wrong in defending his life against a deranged leftist who tried to run him over? These people are going to try to arrest our law enforcement for doing their jobs. The least the media could do is ask them about it."
President Donald Trump, on Truth Social: "The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defense. Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!"
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, at a press conference: "If you're angry, I get it. I am too. If you're feeling that kind of despair, it's understandable. Let's show them who we can be. Let's show up with peace to march to protest, to hug one another. To love all the way with peace. Do not give them what they want."
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This is a developing story; updates to follow.
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