Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Who Was Killed by an Off-Duty ICE Agent

"This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today's show looking at growing resistance to the Trump administration's mass immigration raids and federal agents' escalating violence nationwide. Protests are continuing over ICE agent Jonathan Ross's fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother of three, poet Renee Good in Minneapolis last week. On Monday, dozens of federal agents wearing tactical gear and masks fired pepper balls and tear gas at a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis who shouted "Shame! Shame! Shame!" and "Get the f- out!" at the agents."

"This comes as the state of Minnesota has sued the Trump administration in an effort to block the crackdown and the surge of agents coming into the state. The cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are also part of the lawsuit. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the legal challenge Monday as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to deploy hundreds more agents this week. ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON: Deployment of thousands of armed, masked DHS agents to Minnesota has done our state serious harm. This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities and Minnesota, and it must stop. DHS agents have sown chaos and terror"

Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old African American father of two, was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve. Family members demand transparency in the investigation and describe Porter as joyful and full of humor. Community organizers have called for the arrest of the ICE officer responsible, yet local government officials reportedly told activists they have no intention of investigating the killing. Organizers including Black Lives Matter Los Angeles urge community mobilization. The killing occurs amid growing resistance to mass immigration raids and increased deployments of federal agents, and legal challenges against federal actions in Minnesota.

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