Overview
- Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes and all district programs for Jan. 8–9 with no e-learning, saying the decision was made out of an abundance of caution.
- The closures followed the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent during a federal enforcement operation; DHS says the agent fired in self-defense as Good used her vehicle as a weapon, a claim disputed by local leaders.
- Videos and eyewitness accounts from Roosevelt High School show federal agents detaining people and using pepper spray near the campus during dismissal, with the teachers’ union saying staff were tackled and a worker was briefly detained.
- DHS says agents pursued a U.S. citizen who rammed a government vehicle and stopped near the school, denies deploying tear gas, and describes the response as targeted crowd control after warnings.
- Protests grew at the shooting site and outside the Whipple Federal Building, where federal officers detained several people and used chemical irritants as investigations into both incidents proceed.