"On a day that started with temperatures as low as minus 29 Celsius, organisers said as many as 50,000 people took to the streets. Many demonstrators later gathered indoors at the Target Center, a sports arena with a capacity of 20,000 that was more than half full. Organisers and participants said scores of businesses across Minnesota closed for the day and workers headed to street protests and marches."
"It came as the FBI officer who tried to investigate the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good resigned. Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three, was shot multiple times by ICE agent Jonathan Ross while behind the wheel of her car earlier this month in Minneapolis. Good's death and other immigration officer-involved shootings prompted mass protests against Donald Trump's aggressive deportation efforts."
Extensive protests unfolded in Minneapolis with organizers reporting up to 50,000 people in subzero temperatures and many later gathering at the Target Center. Scores of Minnesota businesses closed and workers joined street demonstrations after weeks of confrontations between ICE agents and opponents of federal enforcement. The demonstrations followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross and other officer-involved incidents, prompting demands for legal accountability. An FBI supervisor who sought a civil rights inquiry into the shooting resigned amid reported pressure from Washington. Vice President JD Vance visited to support ICE while clergy members were arrested calling for withdrawal of federal officers.
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