"Tear gas filled the air outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on January 9 as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers led two demonstrators away in handcuffs. For hours on Friday, caravans of ICE vehicles passed in front of the pop-up protests, carrying immigrants to be processed for deportation. Amid a mass influx of federal immigration agents to Minnesota, the Whipple building, normally a hub for the Department of Veterans Affairs, has become a staging ground for ICE operations."
"Protesters have been a regular fixture outside the Whipple building since January 7, when ICE officer Jonathan Ross killed Renee Nicole Good on a quiet residential street in Minneapolis after she stopped her car to observe what appeared to be a kidnapping in progress. Video filmed on Ross's cellphone during the shooting, made public by a right-wing news site, shows him firing three shots into Good's vehicle before someone off-camera, presumably Ross, calls her a "fucking bitch.""
Protests erupted outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis after ICE officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7. Tear gas and chemical irritants were used by masked federal agents as medics treated injured demonstrators; one protester said, "This is the fifth time I've been hit with a pepper ball here." Caravans of ICE vehicles processed immigrants for deportation at the Whipple building, which has been repurposed as a staging ground amid a mass influx of federal immigration agents. Video from Ross's cellphone shows him firing three shots into Good's vehicle, followed by an off-camera voice calling her a "fucking bitch." Renee's wife described her as radiating kindness. More than a thousand anti-ICE demonstrations occurred nationwide.
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