"Shortly after news began circulating about the shooting, the Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on X that "rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them-an act of domestic terrorism." DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and the White House adviser Stephen Miller also described the incident as "domestic terrorism,""
"Videos of the incident, taken by bystanders, show almost every element of McLaughlin's statement to be false. There were no riots at the scene, and no rioters. The vehicle appears to be driving away from the armed federal agents, not toward them, and no one was run over. And there is no evidence that terrorism of any kind was involved. After the shooting, federal agents then reportedly prevented a bystander who identified himself as a physician from tending to Good."
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minnesota shot and killed Renee Nicole Good during an encounter that remains incompletely understood. The Department of Homeland Security initially claimed rioters blocked ICE officers and that a rioter weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to run over officers, labeling the incident domestic terrorism. Bystander video evidence contradicts those claims: there were no riots, the vehicle appears to be driving away from armed federal agents, no one was run over, and no evidence of terrorism exists. After the shooting, agents reportedly prevented a bystander physician from tending to Good. Local officials rejected the administration's account.
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