L.A. clergy, protesters denounce fatal shooting by ICE officer in Minneapolis
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A day after a woman in Minneapolis was killed by an immigration federal agent, clergy leaders and advocates gathered on the steps of the downtown Los Angeles federal immigration building to honor her and denounce the killing.Holding printed photos of Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot in the head by a federal immigration agent, a crowd of about 100 people gathered Thursday morning for a vigil organized by the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and joined by immigrant rights groups.They held signs that read “Justice for Renee.”“We stand holding the fear and the terror and the sorrow, the deep grief that has transpired needlessly,” said Rev.
Francisco Garcia.“Murder at the hands of our tax dollars.
State sanctioned.This cannot be, this cannot stand, and we offer our continued witness to stand against these atrocities, against this evil.”One woman held a sign that read: “End ICE death squads.”Good, a mother of three who had recently moved to Minneapolis, was driving her car Wednesday morning when she was stopped by federal immigration agents.
Videos of the shooting have spread online and appear to show Good, 37, being told to get out of her car, with one agent walking and prying at the door handle.She is seen backing up when another agent stands in front of her car and, as she appears to drive forward, shoots her.Good’s death has sparked protests that have filled the streets of Minneapolis, putting the city on edge.
Similar protests have spread across the country.In Sacramento, police said protesters vandalized a federal building during a march in response to the shooting.
TV station KCRA reported that the protest was largely peaceful until a small group of protesters pushed open a security gate and threw rocks at parked cars and the building.In San Francisco, several hundred people marched through downtown Wednesday, chanting, “Trump must go now, �...