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At least three people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday during an anti-ICE demonstration in Minneapolis in the United States.
The protest comes amid wider rallies against immigration enforcement tactics by the US government, as well as over the fatal shooting of the 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good earlier this week. A separate shooting incident in Portland, Oregon, in which border patrol agents shot and wounded two people just a day after Good’s killing, added further fuel to the fire.
Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agent during an immigration raid in a residential street. Witness cellphone footage of the encounter was quick to circulate online, and drew global attention.
The video appears to show Good trying to flee the scene, but members of Trump’s administration, including the US president himself, defended the ICE agent, citing self-defence and claimed Good had tried to run over the officer.
New video brings fresh scrunity over Good’s killing
A new video has now been released, showing the same encounter but from the perspective of the agent that shot Good.
As sirens blare in the background, the officer is seen circulating Good’s SUV. As he passes by the driver’s seat, Good can be seen leaning out of her window and says: “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you”.
Moments later, Good’s wife, who was separately recording the encounter from her own device, enters the frame.
“US citizen, former f***ing veteran,” she says, standing outside the passenger side of the vehicle, “You wanna come at us, you wanna come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy”.
At this point, other officers can be seen in the background walking towards the vehicle, demanding Good to exit her car. In a response, Good reverses briefly, turns her steering wheel towards the passenger side and proceeds to drive forward. This is when the agent opened fire.
As Good’s car loses control and speeds off, someone at the scene then utters “F*****g b***h,” what seems to be directed at Good. The verbal exchange further heightened public anger.
As per ICE policy, officers and agents are expected to turn on body-worn cameras at the start of enforcement activities. This footage is then kept for review in case of serious incidents. The newly-released footage, however, was reportedly filmed on the agent’s cellphone. It is unclear whether the agent who opened fire at Good was wearing a body camera.
