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Mayor to ICE After Fatal Shooting: ‘Get the Fuck Out of Minneapolis!’
“Somebody is dead,” said Mayor Jacob Frey. “That’s on you. And it’s also on you to leave.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a press conference following reports that the Trump administration will be targeting Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities in Minnesota on December 2, 2025.
(Photo by Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett
Jan 07, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey had a message for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a federal agent fatally shot a woman in his city on Wednesday: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis!”
“We do not want you here,” the Democratic mayor said at a press conference. “Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart.”
“Long-term Minneapolis residents that have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture, to our economy, are being terrorized and now, somebody is dead,” Frey continued. “That’s on you. And it’s also on you to leave.”
The woman killed has not been identified, but US Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said she was a US citizen. The senator also joined Frey and other elected officials, including Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), in calling on ICE to leave Minnesota’s largest city.
The US Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that “the largest DHS operation ever is happening right now in Minnesota,” with 2,000 federal agents expected in the Twin Cities amid a fraud scandal involving some Somali residents.
Since President Donald Trump returned to office last year after campaigning on a promise of mass deportations, he has also sent large groups of immigration agents to other major Democrat-led cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago. In September, a federal agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant, while he was in a vehicle just outside the Illinois city.
As with the shooting in Minneapolis, video footage of the killing in Illinois undermined DHS claims. The department said Wednesday that the woman in Minnesota tried “to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism.”
One witness told Minnesota Public Radio that she saw a federal agent confronting the woman, who “was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in—like, his midriff was on her bumper—and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times.”
Frey also challenged the DHS narrative on Wednesday: “What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust. They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets. And in this case, quite literally killing people.”
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video... myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bullshit,” Frey added. “This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying—getting killed.”
“Somebody is dead,” said Mayor Jacob Frey. “That’s on you. And it’s also on you to leave.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a press conference following reports that the Trump administration will be targeting Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities in Minnesota on December 2, 2025.
(Photo by Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett
Jan 07, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey had a message for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a federal agent fatally shot a woman in his city on Wednesday: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis!”
“We do not want you here,” the Democratic mayor said at a press conference. “Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart.”
“Long-term Minneapolis residents that have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture, to our economy, are being terrorized and now, somebody is dead,” Frey continued. “That’s on you. And it’s also on you to leave.”
The woman killed has not been identified, but US Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said she was a US citizen. The senator also joined Frey and other elected officials, including Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), in calling on ICE to leave Minnesota’s largest city.
The US Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that “the largest DHS operation ever is happening right now in Minnesota,” with 2,000 federal agents expected in the Twin Cities amid a fraud scandal involving some Somali residents.
Since President Donald Trump returned to office last year after campaigning on a promise of mass deportations, he has also sent large groups of immigration agents to other major Democrat-led cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago. In September, a federal agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant, while he was in a vehicle just outside the Illinois city.
As with the shooting in Minneapolis, video footage of the killing in Illinois undermined DHS claims. The department said Wednesday that the woman in Minnesota tried “to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism.”
One witness told Minnesota Public Radio that she saw a federal agent confronting the woman, who “was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in—like, his midriff was on her bumper—and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times.”
Frey also challenged the DHS narrative on Wednesday: “What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust. They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets. And in this case, quite literally killing people.”
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video... myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bullshit,” Frey added. “This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying—getting killed.”
Minneapolis woman killed by federal agents was a widow with a 6-year-old son
Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gather at the scene where a driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports the woman shot in the face and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday was a widow with a young son.
“[Renee Nicole] Good had previously been married to Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., who died in 2023 at the age of 37,” reports the Star Tribune. “Macklin’s father, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., was shocked to hear the news that Good had been shot and killed.”
“There’s nobody else in his life,” said Macklin Sr. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”
Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, said the family was notified of the death late Wednesday morning.
“That’s so stupid” that she was killed, Ganger told reporters. “She was probably terrified.”
Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem called Good a domestic terrorist and accused her of being one of several “rioters” blocking ICE agents with her car and allegedly trying to run them over.
Ganger said her daughter is “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to the people protesting ICE in Minneapolis.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” said Ganger. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gather at the scene where a driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans
January 07, 2026
ALTERNET
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports the woman shot in the face and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday was a widow with a young son.
“[Renee Nicole] Good had previously been married to Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., who died in 2023 at the age of 37,” reports the Star Tribune. “Macklin’s father, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., was shocked to hear the news that Good had been shot and killed.”
“There’s nobody else in his life,” said Macklin Sr. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”
Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, said the family was notified of the death late Wednesday morning.
“That’s so stupid” that she was killed, Ganger told reporters. “She was probably terrified.”
Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem called Good a domestic terrorist and accused her of being one of several “rioters” blocking ICE agents with her car and allegedly trying to run them over.
Ganger said her daughter is “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to the people protesting ICE in Minneapolis.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” said Ganger. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Walz Puts National Guard—and Trump—On Notice as Protests Erupt Over ICE ‘Murder’ in Minneapolis
“We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety and that someone was going to get hurt.”
A US Border Patrol agent sprays pepper spray into the face of a protestor following the deadly shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.
(Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Brett Wilkins
Jan 07, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday put his state’s National Guard on standby—and the Trump administration on notice—after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.
Walz, a Democrat who was former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, said during a press conference that he issued a warning order to the Minnesota National Guard, which means troops are preparing for a possible mobilization.
Woman Killed by ICE Identified as Protesters Take to Streets in Minneapolis and Beyond
‘Execution Plain and Simple’: Community Fury in Minneapolis After Deadly Shooting by Federal Agent
This, after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman later identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of a 6-year-old whose father died in 2023.
Good was killed Wednesday morning while driving a sport utility vehicle in south Minneapolis during heightened ICE operations in the Twin Cities. The US Department of Homeland Security and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Good was shot in self-defense while committing “an act of domestic terrorism.”
President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social network that Good “was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.”
However, bystander video shows Good slowly trying to pull away from federal agents before several gunshots are heard and the SUV crashes. Law enforcement authorities and witnesses said Good was shot in the face and head.
“It’s beyond me that the Homeland Security director already decided who this person was and what their motive was—before they were even removed from the vehicle,” Walz said during a press conference, referring to Noem. “We’re not living in a normal world.”
ICE agents also reportedly prevented a physician bystander from attending to the victim.
Turning to the Trump administration and its deadly anti-immigrant crackdown, Walz said, “We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety and that someone was going to get hurt.”
“What we’re seeing is the consequence of governance designed to generate fear, headlines, and conflict. It’s governing by reality TV,” he continued. “And today that recklessness cost someone their life.”
“From here on, I have a very simple message: We do not need any further help from the federal government,” Walz added. “To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem: You’ve done enough.”
Walz’s comments echoed the frustration of other elected officials in Minnesota, including Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who had a blunt message for ICE following Wednesday’s shooting: “Get the fuck out of Minneapolis!”
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)—a member of her state’s large Somali American community, which is enduring racist attacks by Trump and his supporters—called Wednesday’s shooting “unconscionable and reprehensible” and accused the administration of “unleashing violence” and “terrorizing neighborhoods.”
At least hundreds of people took to the streets of Minneapolis to protest Wednesday’s killing, gathering at the site of the shooting and at other locations including the Hennepin County Courthouse to demand ICE leave their city. Some protesters hurled snowballs and insults at federal agents.
“Shame! Shame! Shame!” protesters at the scene of the killing chanted loudly from behind police tape. “ICE out of Minnesota!”
“ICE out Now!” they shouted at the courthouse doors.
Additional emergency protests are planned for cities across the nation.
“Today, ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis. Tonight, we’ll be mourning her and the other lives that have been taken and traumatized by ICE,” progressive Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh said on Bluesky. “I hope to see you there.”
“We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety and that someone was going to get hurt.”
A US Border Patrol agent sprays pepper spray into the face of a protestor following the deadly shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.
(Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Brett Wilkins
Jan 07, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday put his state’s National Guard on standby—and the Trump administration on notice—after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.
Walz, a Democrat who was former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, said during a press conference that he issued a warning order to the Minnesota National Guard, which means troops are preparing for a possible mobilization.
Woman Killed by ICE Identified as Protesters Take to Streets in Minneapolis and Beyond
‘Execution Plain and Simple’: Community Fury in Minneapolis After Deadly Shooting by Federal Agent
This, after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman later identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of a 6-year-old whose father died in 2023.
Good was killed Wednesday morning while driving a sport utility vehicle in south Minneapolis during heightened ICE operations in the Twin Cities. The US Department of Homeland Security and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Good was shot in self-defense while committing “an act of domestic terrorism.”
President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social network that Good “was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.”
However, bystander video shows Good slowly trying to pull away from federal agents before several gunshots are heard and the SUV crashes. Law enforcement authorities and witnesses said Good was shot in the face and head.
“It’s beyond me that the Homeland Security director already decided who this person was and what their motive was—before they were even removed from the vehicle,” Walz said during a press conference, referring to Noem. “We’re not living in a normal world.”
ICE agents also reportedly prevented a physician bystander from attending to the victim.
Turning to the Trump administration and its deadly anti-immigrant crackdown, Walz said, “We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety and that someone was going to get hurt.”
“What we’re seeing is the consequence of governance designed to generate fear, headlines, and conflict. It’s governing by reality TV,” he continued. “And today that recklessness cost someone their life.”
“From here on, I have a very simple message: We do not need any further help from the federal government,” Walz added. “To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem: You’ve done enough.”
Walz’s comments echoed the frustration of other elected officials in Minnesota, including Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who had a blunt message for ICE following Wednesday’s shooting: “Get the fuck out of Minneapolis!”
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)—a member of her state’s large Somali American community, which is enduring racist attacks by Trump and his supporters—called Wednesday’s shooting “unconscionable and reprehensible” and accused the administration of “unleashing violence” and “terrorizing neighborhoods.”
At least hundreds of people took to the streets of Minneapolis to protest Wednesday’s killing, gathering at the site of the shooting and at other locations including the Hennepin County Courthouse to demand ICE leave their city. Some protesters hurled snowballs and insults at federal agents.
“Shame! Shame! Shame!” protesters at the scene of the killing chanted loudly from behind police tape. “ICE out of Minnesota!”
“ICE out Now!” they shouted at the courthouse doors.
Additional emergency protests are planned for cities across the nation.
“Today, ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis. Tonight, we’ll be mourning her and the other lives that have been taken and traumatized by ICE,” progressive Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh said on Bluesky. “I hope to see you there.”
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman during a traffic stop in Minneapolis, triggering protests and a furious backlash from city and state leaders who condemned the federal immigration crackdown as reckless and destabilising.
Issued on: 07/01/2026
By: FRANCE 24
Law enforcement officers stand guard during a standoff with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighbourhood of Chicago. © Jim Vondruska, Reuters
01:56
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city – a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defence but that the mayor described as reckless and unnecessary.
The 37-year-old woman was shot in front of a family member during a traffic stop in a snowy residential neighbourhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the city’s oldest immigrant markets and about a mile (1.6 kilometres) from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Her death quickly drew a crowd of hundreds of angry protesters.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, speaking while visiting Texas, described the incident as an “act of domestic terrorism” carried out against ICE officers by a woman who “attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle”.
“An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him,” Noem said.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blasted that characterisation as “garbage” and criticised the federal deployment of more than 2,000 officers to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul as part of the immigration crackdown.
“What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust,” Frey said, calling on immigration agents to leave. “They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets, and in this case, quite literally killing people.”
01:56
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city – a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defence but that the mayor described as reckless and unnecessary.
The 37-year-old woman was shot in front of a family member during a traffic stop in a snowy residential neighbourhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the city’s oldest immigrant markets and about a mile (1.6 kilometres) from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Her death quickly drew a crowd of hundreds of angry protesters.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, speaking while visiting Texas, described the incident as an “act of domestic terrorism” carried out against ICE officers by a woman who “attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle”.
“An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him,” Noem said.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blasted that characterisation as “garbage” and criticised the federal deployment of more than 2,000 officers to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul as part of the immigration crackdown.
“What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust,” Frey said, calling on immigration agents to leave. “They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets, and in this case, quite literally killing people.”
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“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defence. Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bullshit,” the mayor added.
Videos taken by bystanders from different vantage points and posted to social media show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots into the vehicle at close range, jumping back as the SUV moves towards him.
It was not clear from the videos whether the vehicle made contact with the officer. The SUV then sped into two cars parked at the kerb nearby before crashing to a stop. Witnesses screamed obscenities, expressing shock at what they had seen.
After the shooting, emergency medical technicians attempted to administer aid to the woman.
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defence. Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bullshit,” the mayor added.
Videos taken by bystanders from different vantage points and posted to social media show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots into the vehicle at close range, jumping back as the SUV moves towards him.
It was not clear from the videos whether the vehicle made contact with the officer. The SUV then sped into two cars parked at the kerb nearby before crashing to a stop. Witnesses screamed obscenities, expressing shock at what they had seen.
After the shooting, emergency medical technicians attempted to administer aid to the woman.
© France 24
05:54
05:54
The killing marked a dramatic escalation in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major cities under the Trump administration. The death of the Minneapolis driver, whose name was not immediately released, was at least the fifth linked to immigration crackdowns.
The Twin Cities have been on edge since the Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday that it had launched the operation, which is at least partly tied to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. Noem confirmed on Wednesday that DHS had deployed more than 2,000 officers to the area and said they had already made “hundreds and hundreds” of arrests.
A large throng of protesters gathered at the scene after the shooting, venting their anger at local and federal officers, including Gregory Bovino, a senior US Customs and Border Patrol official who has been the public face of crackdowns in Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere.
In scenes reminiscent of those crackdowns, bystanders heckled officers, chanting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “ICE out of Minnesota”, and blowing whistles that have become ubiquitous during the operations.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard if necessary. He said a family member of the driver witnessed the killing, which he described as “predictable” and “avoidable”. While expressing outrage, Walz urged protesters to remain peaceful.
“They want a show. We can’t give it to them. We cannot,” the governor said at a news conference. “If you protest and express your First Amendment rights, please do so peacefully, as you always do.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara briefly described the shooting to reporters but, unlike federal officials, gave no indication that the driver was attempting to harm anyone. He said she had been shot in the head.
“This woman was in her vehicle and was blocking the roadway on Portland Avenue,” O’Hara said. “At some point a federal law enforcement officer approached her on foot and the vehicle began to drive off. At least two shots were fired. The vehicle then crashed on the side of the roadway.”
There were calls on social media to prosecute the officer who fired the shots. Bob Jacobson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said state authorities would investigate the shooting alongside federal officials.
“Keep in mind that this is an investigation that is also in its infancy,” Jacobson said. “Any speculation about what has happened would be just that.”
The shooting occurred in the district of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, who described it as “state violence”, not law enforcement.
For nearly a year, migrant rights advocates and neighbourhood activists across the Twin Cities have been preparing to mobilise in the event of an immigration enforcement surge. From houses of worship to mobile home parks, they have built extensive online networks, scanned licence plates for suspected federal vehicles, and stocked whistles and other noisemaking devices to alert communities to any enforcement presence.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
'Gonna upset a lot of people': CNN in awe as Noem 'inflames' Minnesotans with new remarks
Robert Davis
January 7, 2026
Robert Davis
January 7, 2026
RAW STORY
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a House Homeland Security hearing entitled "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
CNN anchor Jake Tapper was in awe at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's comments following a deadly shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
An ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman named Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, at the scene of an immigration raid as Good tried to drive away. The shooting sparked significant outrage, with Republicans quick to call the incident an example of "left-wing terrorism." Thousands of people attended a vigil for Good on Wednesday night.
During a press conference after the shooting, Noem said Good was "obstructing law enforcement" and had "weaponized her vehicle" against the ICE officer.
Noem's assertions appear to contradict videos of the event that were taken by bystanders, according to analysts.
Tapper discussed Noem's comments on Wednesday's broadcast of "The Lead."
"I am sure that Secretary Noem, sticking with the version, her narrative of what happened on that street that she shared earlier this day, that she's maintaining that that's what happened, is going to upset a lot of people who saw with their own eyes what happened," Tapper said.
CNN law enforcement correspondent Whitney Wild agreed with Tapper and said critics including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "do not believe" the DHS "narrative."
Wild said angry people in the city started "screaming" when she described the DHS statement.
"They were offended by this DHS narrative that this was a justified shooting. They are incredibly angry. Secretary Noem's words I'm sure will do very little to calm tensions. They may even inflame them," she said.
Good's shooting catalyzed a large protest in South Minneapolis near the scene of her death.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a House Homeland Security hearing entitled "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
CNN anchor Jake Tapper was in awe at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's comments following a deadly shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
An ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman named Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, at the scene of an immigration raid as Good tried to drive away. The shooting sparked significant outrage, with Republicans quick to call the incident an example of "left-wing terrorism." Thousands of people attended a vigil for Good on Wednesday night.
During a press conference after the shooting, Noem said Good was "obstructing law enforcement" and had "weaponized her vehicle" against the ICE officer.
Noem's assertions appear to contradict videos of the event that were taken by bystanders, according to analysts.
Tapper discussed Noem's comments on Wednesday's broadcast of "The Lead."
"I am sure that Secretary Noem, sticking with the version, her narrative of what happened on that street that she shared earlier this day, that she's maintaining that that's what happened, is going to upset a lot of people who saw with their own eyes what happened," Tapper said.
CNN law enforcement correspondent Whitney Wild agreed with Tapper and said critics including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "do not believe" the DHS "narrative."
Wild said angry people in the city started "screaming" when she described the DHS statement.
"They were offended by this DHS narrative that this was a justified shooting. They are incredibly angry. Secretary Noem's words I'm sure will do very little to calm tensions. They may even inflame them," she said.
Good's shooting catalyzed a large protest in South Minneapolis near the scene of her death.
'A woman died!' Minnesota senator slams Trump's lack of 'human decency' in profane rant
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) on January 7, 2026
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) on January 7, 2026
January 07, 2026
ALTERNET
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently expressed frustration at the Wednesday shooting of a Minneapolis widow and mother by ICE agents.
Faced with the street-side murder of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot in the face and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, Smith delivered a disgusted response to President Donald Trump’s insistence on putting his hands on the state of Minnesota.
“I wish they would just leave us the f—— alone,” Smith told reporters. “I mean, seriously ... When do things stop being about politics and start being about actual human decency?"
Mere hours after agents killed Good, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — fresh from an appearance in which she wore tactical law enforcement gear — was publicly sliming Good as a “domestic terrorist” and trying to claim Good threatened the lives of ICE agents while appearing to flee in her vehicle.
Trump, meanwhile, posted on Truth Social that “The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.”
Smith, however, just wanted Trump to remove himself and his administration from Minnesota.
“We can hypothesize on what their political reasons are but meanwhile a woman died being shot in her car and everything they’re doing is making it worse,” Smith said.
Watch the video of Smith's remarks below:
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently expressed frustration at the Wednesday shooting of a Minneapolis widow and mother by ICE agents.
Faced with the street-side murder of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot in the face and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, Smith delivered a disgusted response to President Donald Trump’s insistence on putting his hands on the state of Minnesota.
“I wish they would just leave us the f—— alone,” Smith told reporters. “I mean, seriously ... When do things stop being about politics and start being about actual human decency?"
Mere hours after agents killed Good, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — fresh from an appearance in which she wore tactical law enforcement gear — was publicly sliming Good as a “domestic terrorist” and trying to claim Good threatened the lives of ICE agents while appearing to flee in her vehicle.
Trump, meanwhile, posted on Truth Social that “The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.”
Smith, however, just wanted Trump to remove himself and his administration from Minnesota.
“We can hypothesize on what their political reasons are but meanwhile a woman died being shot in her car and everything they’re doing is making it worse,” Smith said.
Watch the video of Smith's remarks below:
‘Sick, Malicious Lie’: Trump Caught Pushing ‘Alternate Reality’ Version of Minneapolis ICE Shooting
“The right-wing bullshit machine is operating at full steam and across all cylinders today,” said one critic.
Brad Reed
Jan 07, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted an account of the deadly shooting in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer that was completely at odds with all evidence seen so far.
In a post on Truth Social, the president claimed that the woman killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over” him, forcing him to fire his weapon at her in self-defense.
Trump further claimed that it “is hard to believe” that the ICE officer “is alive” after being supposedly run over.
Eyewitness videos taken at the scene of the incident, however, do not show the officer getting run over at all. In fact, the officer can be seen walking around after discharging his weapon, with no signs of any injury.
In fact, the video Trump posted on his Truth Social that he claims shows the officer being run over does not at all show the officer being run over, but rather stepping safely out of the way as the car starts moving forward.
The New Republic‘s Greg Sargent carefully examined the video posted by Trump and concluded that it “demonstrates nothing close to what” the president claimed it showed.
“This is a sick, malicious lie from Trump,” Sargent commented.
Reporter Sam Stein of the Bulwark also provided a swift debunking of Trump’s claims.
“Hard to believe the ICE officer is still alive, writes the president,” Stein wrote on X, “of an ICE officer who was not hit at all and was well enough to go run down the street to check on the woman he had killed.”
John Hopkins University economist Filipe Campante was struck by just how little effort the president feels he needs to exert to make his lies convincing.
“That he chooses the ‘me or your lying eyes?’ approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment,” Campante wrote on Bluesky. “Censorship is no longer viable, so the approach is to use your own content provision to drown out any negative facts/evidence.”
Tour guide and author Ben Edwards marveled at the president’s ability to make completely fact-free assertions.
“The country is slowly starting to come apart,” Edwards observed. “Trump lives in an alternate reality. He cannot speak a word of truth.”
Disinformation researcher Kate Starbird warned that Trump’s low-effort propaganda was still likely to prove effective with his followers.
“The right-wing bullshit machine is operating at full steam and across all cylinders today,” Starbird wrote, “strategically framing the horrific ICE killing of a Minnesota woman to defend/bolster their political aims. For example, Trump’s message... will shape how his supporters (willfully mis)interpret the video evidence.”
“The right-wing bullshit machine is operating at full steam and across all cylinders today,” said one critic.
Brad Reed
Jan 07, 2026
COMMON DREAMS
President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted an account of the deadly shooting in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer that was completely at odds with all evidence seen so far.
In a post on Truth Social, the president claimed that the woman killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over” him, forcing him to fire his weapon at her in self-defense.
Trump further claimed that it “is hard to believe” that the ICE officer “is alive” after being supposedly run over.
Eyewitness videos taken at the scene of the incident, however, do not show the officer getting run over at all. In fact, the officer can be seen walking around after discharging his weapon, with no signs of any injury.
In fact, the video Trump posted on his Truth Social that he claims shows the officer being run over does not at all show the officer being run over, but rather stepping safely out of the way as the car starts moving forward.
The New Republic‘s Greg Sargent carefully examined the video posted by Trump and concluded that it “demonstrates nothing close to what” the president claimed it showed.
“This is a sick, malicious lie from Trump,” Sargent commented.
Reporter Sam Stein of the Bulwark also provided a swift debunking of Trump’s claims.
“Hard to believe the ICE officer is still alive, writes the president,” Stein wrote on X, “of an ICE officer who was not hit at all and was well enough to go run down the street to check on the woman he had killed.”
John Hopkins University economist Filipe Campante was struck by just how little effort the president feels he needs to exert to make his lies convincing.
“That he chooses the ‘me or your lying eyes?’ approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment,” Campante wrote on Bluesky. “Censorship is no longer viable, so the approach is to use your own content provision to drown out any negative facts/evidence.”
Tour guide and author Ben Edwards marveled at the president’s ability to make completely fact-free assertions.
“The country is slowly starting to come apart,” Edwards observed. “Trump lives in an alternate reality. He cannot speak a word of truth.”
Disinformation researcher Kate Starbird warned that Trump’s low-effort propaganda was still likely to prove effective with his followers.
“The right-wing bullshit machine is operating at full steam and across all cylinders today,” Starbird wrote, “strategically framing the horrific ICE killing of a Minnesota woman to defend/bolster their political aims. For example, Trump’s message... will shape how his supporters (willfully mis)interpret the video evidence.”
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