Protesters rally against ICE after fatal shooting of Colorado Springs native in Minneapolis
Protesters gathered outside the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday evening, calling for justice for Renee Nicole Good, a Colorado native who was shot and killed earlier that day by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minnesota.
The fatal shooting of Good, 37, in a residential area on Wednesday morning has left Minneapolis on edge, with Mayor Jacob Frey telling ICE to “get the f—k out” in press conference following the shooting.
Colorado Springs is one of several cities across the nation where protesters rallied.
“Just murdered, four bullets to her face. She’s a mother, she’s a human, she’s an American citizen. This is atrocious, and we’re still trying to process it,” a protester at the Sheriff’s Office told Gazette news partner KOAA.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deemed the incident a response to “domestic terrorism,” claiming Good had the intention of hitting an immigration agent with her vehicle.
“She attempted to run an officer over. This appears as an attempt to kill or cause bodily harm to agents. An act of domestic terrorism,” Noem said.
Protesters in Colorado Springs and nationwide have disputed this recount of events, referencing bystander videos posted to social media.
One widely-circulating video shows an officer approaching her car, demanding she open the door and grabbing the handle. When the driver begins to pull forward, another ICE officer, standing in front of the vehicle, pulls his gun and immediately fires at least two shots into the vehicle.
Rev. Lee Ann Bryce, lead minister at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Colorado Springs, said the fatal shooting of a woman who “showed up to bear witness and, in a moment of moral urgency, used her vehicle to block enforcement activity” is not about one tragic death.
“It is about the kind of country we are becoming, and the kind of people we are willing to be,” she said at the rally. “Blocking with a vehicle is not a capital offense. Civil resistance is not a death sentence. And when nonviolent intervention is met with lethal force, something has gone deeply wrong.”
“Demanding accountability is not anti-law. Insisting on human dignity is not radical. What is radical is the idea that some lives can be erased without consequence,” she added.
In response to the shooting, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he has issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard to be deployed if necessary.
“To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you’ve done enough,” he said during a news conference. “There’s nothing more important than Minnesotans’ safety.”
Protests similar to the rally in Colorado Springs have taken place across the nation, with ongoing protests in Minneapolis, New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Chicago, according to the Associated Press.
Gazette reporter Debbie Kelley and The Associated Press contributed to this story.





