Tens of thousands of people marched through Minneapolis on Saturday to decry the fatal shooting of a woman by a U.S. immigration agent, part of more than 1,000 rallies planned nationwide this weekend against the federal government’s deportation drive.
The shooting on Wednesday came soon after some 2,000 federal officers were dispatched to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in what DHS has called its largest operation ever, deepening a rift between the administration and Democratic leaders in the state.
Led by a team of Indigenous Mexican dancers, demonstrators in Minneapolis, which has a metropolitan population of 3.8 million, marched towards the residential street where Good was shot in her car.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stressed that while most protests have been peaceful, those who cause damage to property or put others in danger will be arrested.
“We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box. Keep the peace. And keep the faith,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said, as he echoed the call for peace.
