Overview
- Billie Eilish reshared Instagram posts calling ICE a “federally funded and supported terrorist group,” urging abolition, defunding and the immediate arrest and charging of the officer who killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
- DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Billboard that Eilish “has not seen the newly released footage,” asserting it shows Good used her vehicle as a weapon and that the officer acted in self-defense.
- The department linked to video apparently recorded by the shooter, identified as ICE agent Jonathan Ross, while defending ICE protocols and citing sharp increases in assaults and vehicle rammings against officers.
- Public outcry has intensified with protests in Minneapolis, where Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the operation and demanded ICE officers leave the city.
- Cultural and political reaction continued as the president called the video “horrible to watch,” Neil Young urged Americans to “rise up,” and ICE stopped running ads on Spotify.