Tensions continued over the weekend in Minneapolis, as protesters clashed in the streets with law enforcement, following the second shooting there in about a week involving a federal officer.
The Department of Homeland Security said that on Wednesday, a federal law enforcement officer shot a person, who they say had fled a traffic stop and then, along with two other people, began attacking the officer.
That incident followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, on Jan. 7. DHS officials said Good was allegedly attempting to run over law enforcement officers when an ICE officer fatally shot her — a claim that local officials have disputed.
‘ICE needs to get off our streets’: Dem lawmakers slam Trump administration
A group of House Democrats and Minnesota’s two Democratic senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, pushed back on the Trump administration’s deployment of ICE and actions in the state during a “shadow hearing” and subsequent news conference held in Minneapolis on Friday.
“ICE needs to get off our streets. They are causing confusion, chaos and fear,” Klobuchar said during the hearing.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has come under consistent attack from President Trump, said the administration is “operating outside the bounds of law.”
Mayor Jacob Frey was among the witnesses who testified during the shadow hearing.
“This is not about immigration. This is about sewing chaos on the streets of Minnesota,” Frey said. “We in Minneapolis are suffering the brunt of it right now.”
The mayor added that as soon as federal agents leave, “we will have peace, we will have safety and order will be restored.”
Approval ratings on ICE, Trump’s handling of immigration, Noem
A Quinnipiac poll found 57% of voters disapproving of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws, with 40% approving, largely unchanged from Quinnipiac’s previous polling in July. Most Democrats and independents disapprove of how ICE is enforcing laws; most Republicans approve.
A 58% majority disapproves of how Trump is handling immigration, while 42% approve, exactly the same as CNN measured in July.
The same poll found a slim 52% majority of Americans saying Trump’s efforts to deport immigrants living in the U.S. illegally have gone too far, 31% said they have been about right and just 16% said they have not gone far enough.
The CNN poll found 61% of Americans disapproving of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handling of her job, with just 38% approving — worse than what Quinnipiac found among registered voters, more of whom voiced no opinion than in CNN’s poll (36% approved, 52% disapproved).
Majority of Americans say ICE agent’s shooting of Good was unjustified and inappropriate
A set of recently released polls found Americans largely at odds with the Trump administration and its defense of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Good.
A Quinnipiac University poll found 53% of registered voters saying the shooting of Good was not justified, 35% saying it was justified and 12% with no opinion. Over 9 in 10 Democrats and roughly 6 in 10 independents said the shooting was not justified, but over three-quarters of Republicans said it was.
Similarly, a CNN poll found a 56% majority of Americans saying the shooting was an inappropriate use of force, with just 26% saying it was appropriate. Another 18% said they hadn’t heard enough to say. About half (51%) said that the fatal shooting reflects bigger problems with the way ICE is operating.
The CNN poll also found 51% of Americans saying ICE enforcement actions were making cities less safe, with 31% saying they were making cities safer and 18% saying ICE was having little effect on safety.
There’s a partisan split here, with 82% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents saying ICE enforcement was making cities less safe and 67% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying it was making cities safer.
More Americans said in the CNN poll that they were concerned about crackdowns against those protesting deportations (47%) rather than the protests getting out of hand (37%).
And Americans voiced little trust in the federal government to carry out a fair and thorough investigation of the shooting in Minneapolis, according to the CNN poll, with 62% saying they had just some or no trust at all — including nearly half (47%) who said they had no trust at all. Just 17% said they trust the government “a great deal” to investigate the shooting.
In all, according to the Quinnipiac poll, 82% of U.S. voters have seen the video of Good being fatally shot by the ICE agent.
Woman seen pulled from car speaks out: ‘Lucky to be alive’
A woman who was caught on video getting forcibly pulled from a vehicle by agents in Minneapolis on Tuesday said she feels “lucky to be alive.”
The woman, Aliya Rahman, said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred.
“Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled,” she said in a statement on Thursday. “This happened just two blocks from where Renee Good was murdered, so I am very aware that this confrontation could have ended differently for me.”
Rahman said that while in federal custody she asked for a doctor but was taken to a detention center, where she said she lost consciousness before being taken to a hospital.
“I may have more to say in the coming days but for now, I am relieved to be safe and ask for privacy as I heal from my injuries and navigate how to move forward from this traumatic experience,” she said.
In a statement on the incident, Homeland Security said a crowd “began impeding law enforcement operations” of ICE officers and that several people were taken into custody for assault.
“One agitator ignored multiple commands by an officer to move her vehicle away from the scene, she was arrested for obstruction,” the statement, which did not identify Rahman by name, said.
In video of the incident, Rahman can be heard saying she is disabled and was trying to go to the doctor.

Renee Good had gunshot wounds to chest, forearm and possibly to her head, according to new documents
Newly released documents from the Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) are now shedding light on the chaotic scene following the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan. 7.
Several pages of transcripts were released to various media outlets late Thursday from the MFD confirming that Good had gunshot wounds to chest, forearm and possibly to her head, according to the new documents.
First responders “found two apparent gunshot wounds to the patient’s right chest (and) one apparent gunshot wound to the patient’s left forearm,” according to the documents.
Officials said Good was then relocated from the snowbank outside the vehicle to the sidewalk at the northeast corner of 34th St. and Portland “for a more workable scene, better access for ambulances, and separation from an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders.”
Responders continued the patient assessment at that site but found the patient “still not breathing and pulseless.”
Fed agents deploy tear gas outside Minneapolis federal building
Tear gas was deployed by federal agents at protesters outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis as protests continue.

The federal building serves as the base for ICE operations.


Several protesters were seen coughing and stumbling as they ran away from the gas.
Infant among 2 children hospitalized after fed agents deployed tear gas: Minneapolis officials
Two children, including one who was 6-months-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night’s protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety.
The infant was inside a vehicle that was hit by tear gas and began to experience “breathing difficulties,” according to the agency.
“The family moved the infant into a nearby home. Reports also stated that the baby had stopped breathing,” the agency said in a statement.

“Firefighters and Minneapolis Police officers worked through the crowds in the area to reach the home. Once on scene, they assessed the infant and confirmed that the infant was breathing and stable, but serious condition,” the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety added.
The infant and another child, whose age was not released, were transported to a hospital for further evaluation. Details about their conditions weren’t immediately available.

DHS releases details of Wednesday shooting incident
The Department of Homeland Security released details of the alleged assault by a reported undocumented man that led to a federal agent opening fire Wednesday night.
Agents stopped a car in Minneapolis for Julio Cesar Sosa-Ceils, who DHS alleges was undocumented, according to a press release. Sosa-Ceils allegedly fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car and fled on foot, according to DHS.

The suspect allegedly began to resist arrest and “violently assault an officer” when two other people “came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle,” according to DHS.
Sosa-Celis allegedly “got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick,” and the officer shot the suspect in the leg, according to DHS. Sosa Celis and the other two suspects, who were not identified but alleged to be undocumented,” were arrested, according to DHS.

















