"On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close range on Wednesday. The moment when an ICE agent shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis was captured on video from multiple angles, prompting widespread outcry and public protests. The shooting occurred about a mile from where George Floyd was murdered by police in 2020."
"Thursday's rally in New York began in Foley Square, followed by the crowd marching west and heading uptown, toward Washington Square Park, then onto the front of the New York Immigration Court at 201 Varick Street. Signs declared, "Silence is compliance," "ICE out! Feds out!" and "ICE murders! Hands off our cities!" All the while, protesters chanted, "Whose streets? Our streets!" The Verge 's senior photo editor was there to capture images of the protest."
Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District to denounce US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after an agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had called Good's actions an "act of domestic terrorism," while public video shows Good appearing to wave agents past her car and then drive away. The Minneapolis shooting was captured on multiple-angle video. The New York rally began in Foley Square and marched toward Washington Square Park and the New York Immigration Court, with signs reading "Silence is compliance," "ICE out! Feds out!" and chants of "Whose streets? Our streets!"
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