About 2,000 people gathered in mourning and rage Thursday night at City Hall to honor Renee Nicole Macklin Good and demand ICE be kicked out of Philly.
On January 7, an ICE agent fatally shot Good, a widowed mother of three in Minneapolis, as she was safely trying to drive away from approaching hostile ICE agents. An officer can be heard on video telling Good, a U.S. citizen, to “get out of the f****** car” before reaching for the car door handle. As Good attempted to drive away, the ICE agent stepped aside and then opened fire, killing her.
Community members gathered in downtown Philadelphia in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis, outraged by the murder, who braved the freezing rain last night, chanting “ICE out now” and holding signs saying “killer ice off our streets.” The event locally was also to honor those murdered and terrorized by the Trump administration. Leaders called for ICE to be dismantled and demand protections for immigrant communities in Philadelphia and across the country…