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Hundreds Gather in Portland to Protest ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Portland protest against ICE killing in Minneapolis Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio


At least 200 people gathered in Portland’s Monument Square Thursday night in response to the killing of 37-year-old Renne Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Good was driving an SUV when she was shot.

She was shot 5 times by the agent in what Homeland Security claims was self-defense, sparking nationwide protests in response.

A group at the rally in Portland chanted the words, “No Ice, No KKK, No Fascist USA”, in a variation of lyrics to the song “Born to Die”, written in the 80s by the Texan hardcore punk band MDC.

The rally was put on by multiple organizations, including Maine Democratic Socialists of America and Project Relief.

Governor candidate and former Democratic State Senate President Troy Jackson was among the speakers.

“When masked men pull people from their cars without cause or warning, that sounds more like kidnapping than serving and protecting the people,” said Jackson

Protestor Andrew Peters is familiar with Jonathan Ross, who’s been identified by the Associated Press as the ICE agent who pulled the trigger.

“Apparently, he’s a 10-year veteran of the force, but he’s still wearing a mask,” said Peters. “He wasn’t like, picked up yesterday. He wasn’t like, he knows better. He’s been in altercations like this before.”

ICE agent Ross was involved in a similar altercation in Minnesota last summer, where he got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was attempting to evade arrest.

Vice President JD Vance defended Ross Thursday, saying the officer “deserves a debt of gratitude” for his service.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has repeatedly insisted the vehicle struck the officer, who was taken to a hospital for treatment. Noem said Thursday that the officer was “spending time with his family.”

She has repeatedly called the woman who was killed while behind the wheel of the vehicle a “domestic terrorist.”

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