Two people shot by US border police as tensions high after ICE killing of mother-of-three Renee Nicole Good

"Protests intensified in Minnesota following Wednesday's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old mother by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Minnesota and U.S. officials offered starkly different accounts of the shooting, and state investigators complained they were shut out of the federal inquiry. Then in Oregon a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland on Thursday afternoon. Again, local officials, who immediately called for calm, said they could not verify the federal government's account of the incident."

"In both the Minneapolis and Portland shootings, U.S. officials contend they were part of an increasing trend of criminal suspects and anti-Trump activists using their cars as weapons, though video evidence has sometimes contradicted their claims. In Minnesota, an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen who according to one activist was participating in a "neighborhood patrol" that observes ICE activities."

Protests flared after a 37-year-old mother was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minnesota, with state investigators saying they were excluded from the federal inquiry. In Portland, a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman, and local officials said they could not verify the federal account while urging calm. U.S. officials framed both incidents as part of a trend of suspects using vehicles as weapons, but video evidence and local defenders questioned those claims. Democratic leaders demanded withdrawal of federal officers deployed to Democratic-led cities, and civil rights groups condemned the operations.

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