A woman in her 30s was killed by gunfire from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sparking large protests across the United States.
On the 10th (local time), Minneapolis Police Director General Brian O'Hara said about 1,000 protesters clashed with police the previous night and 29 were arrested and later released. According to Director General O'Hara, the protesters turned violent, throwing ice, snow and rocks, and in the process one officer was hit by ice and suffered a minor injury.
The protests spread nationwide. The civic group "Indivisible" had announced that hundreds of protests calling for "permanent expulsion of ICE" would be held simultaneously across the country, including in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and Florida. Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz, pushed for peaceful demonstrations while opposing the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement.
Gov. Walz wrote on his social media (SNS), "President Trump hopes chaos will cover up that terrible act (the shooting). Don't give him what he wants." Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also said at a news conference about inciting crowds, "That is exactly what Trump wants," adding, "He wants us to take the 'bait.'"
Earlier, on the 7th in Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration enforcement operation. Trump said, "Good intentionally rammed the ICE agent with a car," but controversy reignited after video was released showing the agent by the driver's side of the vehicle rather than in front of it.