The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis has led to protests across the nation, including significant demonstrations in Florida cities such as West Palm Beach and Miami. According to a report by CBS12, the incident took place in broad daylight, and the aftermath was captured on cellphone video. This video subsequently released has sparked public outrage and intensified calls for reform.
In particular, protesters convened outside the Palm Beach County courthouse, demanding the cessation of “ICE terror” in their communities. Dominick Arrieux, expressing the heightening fears of residents in an interview with CBS12, said, “I want to see the end to ICE in our communities, killing people, abducting people, breaking apart families.” Further south, people in Miami gathered in a show of solidarity, where the People’s Progressive Caucus’s Angel Montavelo told NBC Miami, “I think it’s important to not become desensitized to the point where we are passively taking on what’s happening.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defended the ICE agent’s actions as self-defense, describing the encounter as “domestic terrorism.” She argued that the agent used his training to protect his and other officers’ lives as well as the public. However, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fiercely contested this rationale after reviewing the footage, stating to NBC Miami, “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self-defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bull—-. This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.”…