Crime in US: 1)’You cannot break us’: Protesters rally in Minneapolis after ICE fatal shooting; 2)New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer’s perspective, brings fresh scrutiny

1) ‘You cannot break us’: Protesters rally in Minneapolis after ICE fatal shooting

Courtesy Barrie360.com Canadian Press

By Kelly Geraldine Malone, January 10, 2026

Thousands gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday to push back on the Trump administration’s deployment of federal forces after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman earlier this week.

People held signs with the face of Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother who was shot in the head on Wednesday, while calling for ICE to get out of their city.

“Nobody should be taken off the streets,” Emily Sanderson, who was attending the demonstration, told The Canadian Press. “Nobody should be murdered in the streets. It’s irrational. It’s disgusting.”

The massive protest marked the latest demonstration that has gripped the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have become the main target of the Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Daily protests have taken place since the fatal shooting with local and state representatives calling for ICE to leave to allow tensions to lower.

The Trump administration has said the ICE officer was acting in self-defence and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem pledged that federal forces will stay in the state.

There are about 2,000 officers deployed in the area, which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said is its largest immigration operation, and more are expected to arrive.

The size of Saturday’s rally did not deter federal forces, who were spotted not far away conducting identity checks.

Earlier Saturday morning, Minnesota Democrats said they were denied entry into the ICE processing facility in Minneapolis.

Rep. Angie Craig called the Trump administration “lawless.” She called ICE a “rogue agency” and said it’s inciting more violence in the community.

“They are not going to remove ICE from Minnesota unless Minnesotans reach out and get through to my Republican colleagues to help them understand they need to put pressure on this administration,” Craig told reporters outside the facility. “This should not be partisan.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American member who has repeatedly faced derogatory comments from President Donald Trump, posted on social media that members of Congress “have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained”

“The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities,” Omar said.

At Saturday’s protest, residents said they felt caught up in a political battle. Ellen Hinck, a teacher who attended the rally, said it’s not surprising that Minnesota was targeted.

“The plan has been there. They are targeting blue states,” Hinck said. “They want to try and make us into what they want by using oppression. We are not going to let that happen.”

Minnesota was a political flashpoint before the shooting. Trump has made multiple verbal attacks on Gov. Tim Walz — former vice-president Kamala Harris’s 2024 running mate in the presidential race — and derogatory remarks toward the state’s Somali population.

Eli Wagar-Kustermann said he attended Saturday’s rally to show solidarity.

“We are Minnesota strong,” he said. “You will not break us. You cannot break us.”

Like many others who attended the large protest, he said it’s been unnerving seeing federal agents with their faces covered show up in parking lots and on residential streets. Before attending the rally, he took photos of ICE officers who he said were harassing people at a store.

“We are straight up under occupation,” Wagar-Kustermann said.

2) New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer’s perspective, brings fresh scrutiny

Courtesy Barrie360.com and The Associated Press

By Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan And Giovanna Dell’orto, January 9, 2026

A Minnesota prosecutor on Friday called on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as a new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer.

The Minneapolis killing and a separate shooting in Portland, Oregon, a day later by the Border Patrol have set off protests in multiple cities and denunciations of immigration enforcement tactics by the U.S. government. The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents.

The reaction to the shooting has largely been focused on witness cellphone video of the encounter. A new, 47-second video that was published online by a Minnesota-based conservative news site, Alpha News, and later reposted on social media by the Department of Homeland Security shows the shooting from the perspective of ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots.

Sirens blaring in the background, he approaches Good’s vehicle in the middle of the road while apparently filming on his cellphone. At the same time, Good’s wife also was recording the encounter and can be seen walking around the vehicle and approaching the officer. A series of exchanges occurred:

“That’s fine, I’m not mad at you,” Good says as the officer passes by her door. She has one hand on the steering wheel and the other outside the open driver side window.

“U.S. citizen, former f—ing veteran,” says her wife, standing outside the passenger side of the SUV holding up her phone. “You wanna come at us, you wanna come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”

Other officers at the scene are approaching the driver’s side of the car at about the same time and one says: “Get out of the car, get out of the f—ing car.” Good reverses briefly, then turns the steering wheel toward the passenger side as she drives ahead and Ross opens fire.

The camera becomes unsteady and points toward the sky and then returns to the street view showing Good’s SUV careening away.

“F—ing b—,” someone at the scene says.

A crashing sound is heard as Good’s vehicle smashes into others parked on the street.

Federal agencies have encouraged officers to document encounters in which people may attempt to interfere with enforcement actions, but policing experts have cautioned that recording on a handheld device can complicate already volatile situations by occupying an officer’s hands and narrowing focus at moments when rapid decision-making is required.

Under an ICE policy directive, officers and agents are expected to activate body-worn cameras at the start of enforcement activities and to record throughout interactions, and footage must be kept for review in serious incidents such as deaths or use-of-force cases. The Department of Homeland Security has not responded to questions about whether the officer who opened fire or any of the others who were on the scene were wearing body cameras.

Prosecutor asks for video and evidence

Meanwhile, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration’s decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Good’s killing.

She also said the officer who shot Good in the head does not have complete legal immunity, as Vice President JD Vance declared.

“We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case,” Moriarty said at a news conference. “It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent.”

Moriarty said her office would post a link for the public to submit footage of the shooting, even though she acknowledged that she wasn’t sure what legal outcome submissions might produce.

Good’s wife, Becca Good, released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying, “kindness radiated out of her.”

“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said.

“I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him,” she wrote.

The reaction to Good’s shooting was immediate in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of protesters converging on the shooting scene and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution and offering an online option through Feb. 12.

On Thursday night, hundreds marched in freezing rain down a major thoroughfare, chanting “ICE out now!” And on Friday, protesters were outside a federal facility serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown that began Tuesday in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Shooting in Portland

The Portland shooting happened outside a hospital Thursday. A federal border officer shot and wounded a man and woman in a vehicle, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras. Police said they were in stable condition Friday after surgery, with DHS saying Nico Moncada was taken into FBI custody

Just as it did following Good’s shooting, DHS defended the actions of its officers in Portland, saying the shooting occurred after the driver with alleged gang ties tried to “weaponize” his vehicle to hit them. It said no officers were injured.

Portland Police Chief Bob Day confirmed that the two people shot had “some nexus” to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Day said they came to the attention of police during an investigation of a July shooting believed to have been carried out by gang members, but they were not identified as suspects.

The chief said any gang affiliation did not necessarily justify the shooting by U.S. Border Patrol. The Oregon Department of Justice said it would investigate.

The biggest crackdown yet

The Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.

The government is also shifting immigration officers to Minneapolis from sweeps in Louisiana, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. This represents a pivot, as the Louisiana crackdown that began in December had been expected to last into February.

Good’s death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since President Donald Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, with protests planned for this weekend, according to Indivisible, a group formed to resist the Trump administration.

A deadly encounter seen from multiple angles

Noem, Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.

Several bystanders captured video of Good’s killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said any self-defense argument is “garbage.”

The federal agent who fatally shot Good is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records obtained by AP.

Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Ross.

Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. Ross was dragged and fired his Taser. A jury found the driver guilty of assault.

Attempts to reach Ross, 43, at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful.

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Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian and Safiyah Riddle in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.