DW spoke with community organizer Rick Majumdar at approximately 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, as more than 1,000 protesters were still dispersing from downtown Dallas streets following an emergency demonstration sparked by the killing of Renee Good. Organizers say the late-night mobilization reflects the urgency of a moment they believe demands immediate national attention.
Good, a woman and legal observer, was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a protest-related operation in Minneapolis. The agent involved has been identified by organizers as Jonathan Ross.
Though the killing occurred hundreds of miles from North Texas, Dallas activists say the response was intentionally local — and necessary.
“This was not an isolated incident,” said Rick Majumdar, a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. “ICE has been deployed nationwide. We are seeing coordination between ICE, local police departments, and even the National Guard. People are being harassed, detained, disappeared — and now killed.”…