Minneapolis protesters arrested during one-month anniversary of Renee Good’s death | Minneapolis

Police arrested scores of demonstrators outside a federal building just south of Minneapolis on Saturday and broke up a protest commemorating the one-month anniversary of the killing of a Minnesota woman by an immigration officer.

Renee Good was killed as she walked away from immigration officers in a Minneapolis neighborhood on January 7. His death and the killing of another Minneapolis resident, Alex Pretti, just weeks later fueled nationwide anger over Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Scores of protesters gathered across from Bishop Henry Whipple’s federal building at noon, throwing bottles and sex toys at the line of police guarding the property. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that officers arrested a handful of protesters after the crowd began throwing ice chips. A deputy was shot in the head and the windshield of a squad car was shattered, according to a statement obtained by the newspaper from the Hennepin County sheriff’s office.

Police declared the meeting unlawful and ordered the protesters to leave. Many people complied, but about 100 people stood in the way with deputies, state troopers and state conservation officers, the Star Tribune reported.

Video is in circulation social media It shows several protesters being forced to the ground and detained. One person who appears to be handcuffed says: “I was here delivering pizza to protesters. I had no idea this was happening. When they started rushing everyone, I moved to the curb and now they’re arresting me. I’m a peaceful protester delivering pizza and they’re arresting me.”

No one from the sheriff’s office responded Saturday afternoon to email, voicemail and text messages from The Associated Press requesting a copy of the statement and asking how many people were arrested, whether anyone was injured and what led to the arrests.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, hundreds of people gathered on a snow-covered field in a Minneapolis park to honor Good and Pretti. Organizers of the event echoed recent criticism of immigration crackdowns across Minnesota and called it a federal invasion.

Lakota spiritual leader Chief Arvol Looking Horse held a ceremony in front of a crowd filled with people carrying banners and American flags. Others shared music and poetry to honor two men who have become central figures in the polarizing immigration debate in recent weeks.

A federal immigration officer shot and killed Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in her car in Minneapolis on January 7. Three agents surrounded Good’s Honda Pilot SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from his home. In the video taken by the audience, it is seen that a police officer approaches the SUV stopped in the middle of the road and asks the driver to open the door and hold the handle.

The vehicle began to move forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of it drew his gun and immediately fired at point-blank range, jumping back as the vehicle approached him. The Trump administration portrayed Good as a domestic terrorist who tried to run over a police officer with his vehicle. State and local officials rejected that characterization.

Pretti was killed during a street fight with immigration officers on January 24. Bystander video shows a half-dozen officers taking Pretti to the ground. One of them notices Pretti’s gun, which he has a license to carry, and shouts, “He has a gun.” Then two police officers opened fire.

Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, announced Wednesday that the administration would pull 700 immigration officers from Minnesota — about a quarter of the officers assigned to the state — after state and local officials agreed last week to cooperate by turning over detained immigrants. However, Homan did not say when the administration would end its pressure on the state.

Good’s wife, Becca Good, released a statement Saturday saying the immigration effort was harming people in Minneapolis and that no one knew their names.

“You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many people hurting in this city that you don’t know about; their families are suffering just like mine, even though they may not look like mine,” Becca Good said in a statement. “They’re neighbors, friends, co-workers, classmates. And we should know their names, too. Because this shouldn’t happen to anyone.”

Marina Dunbar contributed reporting.