ICE officer kills woman in Minneapolis as DHS cites ‘domestic terrorism' threat
A woman has been shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, after which protestors, along with the mayor began demanding for the ICE to move out of the city. The DHS, on the other hand, has claimed that the woman was trying to run down the ICE agents with her car.
The US Department of Homeland Security has revealed that members of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have fatally shot down a woman in Minneapolis, as per a Bloomberg report.
The ICE officer shot the woman when she was in her vehicle in a residential area in Minneapolis, as per DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.
Here is a video of the moment when the incident occurred:
DHS claims victim attempted ‘domestic terrorism’
The DHS was quick to label the victim as a perpetrator of "domestic terrorism", saying in its statement, "Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism."
“An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots,” the statement went on to claim.
The DHS went on to claim that the woman who was shot dead "weaponized her vehicle , attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism."
Mayor, protestors slam ICE
After the incident, protestors gathered at the scene and vented their anger out at local police personnel and federal officers present, including senior US Customs and Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who was the face of ICE crackdwons in major US cities like Los Angeles and Chicago.
Chants of “Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “ICE out of Minnesota!” were heard.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also slammed ICE officials after the incident, saying that immigration agents were “causing chaos in our city.”
“We are demanding ICE leave the city and state immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities," Frey also said in a social media post.
The area where the incident occurred is around a mile from where police officials killed George Floyd in 2020.
The DHS further backed the action of the ICE agent by saying that this death is "the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement."
"These men and women who are simply enforcing the law on the books are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats," the DHS further claimed.
The DHS had announced on Tuesday that it had launched an anti-immigration operation with 2,000 agents in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have been on the edge since then.