Deadly ICE shooting sparks protests in Rochester and across the nation

Hundreds turned out Thursday evening in Irondequoit to protest the deadly shooting of a woman by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.

The demonstration was part of a nationwide outpouring that has spawned similar protests not just in Minneapolis but also in New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Boston.

Locally, hundreds of people lined either side of Pattonwood Drive near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rochester border patrol station. They raised signs reading, “ICE murdered an American,” “Abolish ICE now!” and “Stop the Lies” and chanted amid a cacophony of honking horns from passing motorists…

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