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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dozens of protesters marched through the streets of Uptown Charlotte demanding justice for the woman who was killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
People gathered at First Ward Park Thursday for the “Stop ICE Terror” protest. It was held in response to the death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis Wednesday.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the fatal shooting was justified because the ICE officer feared and believed Good was attempting to run him over with her car.
Protesters in Charlotte demanded the officer who killed Good be charged with murder.
“It’s an injustice,” Paris Labelle said. “People should not be murdered senselessly. People should not be murdered at all.”
“As soon as we saw the video and before the identity of Rene Nicole Good was revealed, we knew it was outrageous and wrong,” Asha Patel, an organizer for Party for Socialism and Liberation, said. “It was just so disgusting that we had to do something about it. We have to be out in the streets and show that we will not tolerate this.”
Thursday’s protest came two months after Border Patrol agents arrested more than 400 undocumented immigrants in Charlotte as part of “Operation Charlotte’s Web.”
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Chloe Salsameda
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