ICE + Native America
Last Wednesday an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis resident and mother of three. While Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claims the shooting was in self defense, video of the incident shows Good attempting to drive away from the scene.
Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE agents to Minneapolis, at least five Native American community members have been detained. The area where Good was killed is near a historic urban Native community and the Little Earth housing project. Near Little Earth, ICE agents detained four men who are Oglala Lakota. One man was released after a 12 hour hold, but the whereabouts of the other men are unknown. In a separate incident, Jose Roberto “Beto” Ramirez was driving to his aunt’s house North of Minneapolis when he noticed he was being followed by people in an unmarked car. Ramirez is a descendant of Red Lake Nation. ICE agents pulled Ramirez out of his car. “I felt like I was kidnapped,” he told ICT news. After detaining him for 6 hours, ICE eventually released Ramirez.
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