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Colbert, Kimmel Denounce ICE Shooting as Minneapolis Leaders Reject DHS Account

Viral bystander footage has become the focal point of a deepening dispute over the DHS narrative.

Overview

  • Jimmy Kimmel criticized President Trump’s defense of the ICE agent, reading the president’s post claiming the agent acted in self-defense after being run over, and said the video did not show that.
  • Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show with a sober message and aired Governor Tim Walz’s remarks urging support for Minneapolis and telling federal officials their help was not needed.
  • Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, after viewing the video, called the federal account “bull****” and demanded that ICE “get the f*** out of Minneapolis.”
  • City officials identified the victim as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen and legal observer who was not under investigation, described in reporting as a poet and mother of three.
  • DHS and President Trump have asserted the agent fired in self-defense and labeled the act terrorism, a claim local leaders dispute after reviewing widely shared footage.