"The ICE agents coming down, guns drawn right now, Coates continued. They're spraying something into the air right now. People are concerned. I'm going in closer right now. Here we go. There's something in the air right now that they have going on right now, Coates said as she started to detect the pepper spray. We've got people around right now about 40 or so ICE agents that are out here in the area."
"There is something that is in the air causing you to cough a little bit. They are retreating right now as the crowd is coming closer and closer. They are retreating back in one single line, holding the line as they're walking right now. You have people who are close and they're continuing to yell. The protesters could be heard chanting Shame! and Take off your masks! It's so intense right now. It's happening."
"They're shooting some kind of pellets! The gas has come down right now. We're going to back up a little bit more. It's in the air. There's been tear gas. People are coughing. It is in the air, Coates exclaimed. What it feels like It feels a little like you're choking in your chest, and it feels like you're trying to catch your breath. It inflames your nostrils. It's a burning sensation in your chest. It'"
Protests erupted in Minneapolis following the ICE-involved shooting death of 37-year-old Renee Good, who had just dropped her child off at school. The Trump administration claimed Good struck an officer with her van and the officer fired in self-defense. Demonstrators gathered amid palpable tension and distrust of an independent investigation. Roughly 40 ICE agents faced the crowd, deployed chemical irritants and pellets, and formed a retreating line as protesters advanced. The crowd chanted in anger. Tear gas and pepper spray caused coughing, chest tightness, burning nostrils, and difficulty breathing among those present.
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