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ICE agent shoots woman in the face.

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Eyesopenwideawake · 07/01/2026 21:18

It had to happen; in Minneapolis a woman in a car was shouting at the multiple ICE agents. One tried to open her car door, she started to drive away and was shot 2 (3? 4?) times in the head.

Trump is blaming her. Fucking hell.

EDIT BY MNHQ - Though the footage of this incident is in the public domain, we have removed the link originally included in this thread as we believe it could cause distress.

ICE officer fatally shoots driver in Minneapolis

Video taken by bystander Caitlin Callenson shows an ICE officer fatally shooting a driver in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9CJY5p0xz4

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EasternStandard · 08/01/2026 10:45

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 10:42

It's definitely an education type thing - don't worry about it. You will be able to stumble into your fascist dictatorship more easily and without as much worry or concern by maintaining a lower level of education and understanding of history and past politics.

Ok well done you got there in the end. If you don’t like mn take it up with mnhq. Your post below won’t be read by them with or without a tag. See how you go on limiting poster locations.

RafaistheKingofClay · 08/01/2026 10:45

ohdelay · 08/01/2026 10:26

It doesn't matter how badly he was injured by the car, he was hit as shown in the video. He could have a bruised toe and the shooting response would still be normal and justified over there. She accelerated into him, he shot her. There seems to be a desire for the agent to protect her from her decisions to his own detriment. He's at work and she's a crazy coming at him with a car.
I think she should have been allowed access to medical care, but with three shots to the head what care could reasonably be given. If there was a doctor trying to give care they should have been given access. Everything else is the down to this woman's own actions.

Sorry, but it is not normal and justified over there. If it was there wouldn’t quite so many lies being spread to counter what people can see with their own eyes. She did not at any point seem to be deliberately driving at the officer.?

Danja2010 · 08/01/2026 10:45

Teddleshon1 · 08/01/2026 09:38

@Danja2010 this is a still taken from the video which gives a good view of the point of impact and sequence of events. You can hear the gunshots after the point of impact with the officer.

This is a blurry photo that says nothing there is enough written accounts with videos and witnesses. She was given conflicting information by two officers. I suggest you read the detailed account by the guardian which reflects what most balanced coverage is saying. Did you even read through the thread at all ? There was no real impact of the officer who was able to walk quickly away from the scene un injured.

RingoJuice · 08/01/2026 10:47

Teddleshon1 · 08/01/2026 10:29

@RingoJuice my daughter lives in the US and I always reflect that when I visit her there I hear far less about Trump there than I do here!

My in-laws are like this lol. I’m always like, ‘and how does this affect you personally?’ I don’t say anything more than that to maintain familial harmony. But it’s puzzling why they are so invested in a foreign country (though I guess they have some connection, more than most)

Hyperobject · 08/01/2026 10:48

Terrible footage.

Why did she attempt to drive off? With all those armed agents around me, I would have been out of the car and on the ground, offering no resistance!

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 10:48

DdraigGoch · 08/01/2026 10:41

Actually Europe got there first. Circa 1933.

Got there first.
Decided it was absolutely shit so went to war over it.
Millions died in death camps because they didn't align with ruling party values and aesthetics .
MILLIONS died fighting in the war itself.
UN was established and a charter was written to ensure fascist behaviour didn't reoccur.

Hence Europeans being a bit twitchy about this burst of fascist behaviour in our allies.

SpaceRaccoon · 08/01/2026 10:49

Honestly I think it sounds like a clusterfuck, and everyone panicked, and someone wound up dead.

I don't really understand why someone would want to protest the deportation of Somalian welfare fraudsters, but I suppose that's an indication of how polarised and weird things are in the US now.

Of course, both sides will put their exaggerated slant on events now as we can see.

Lou7171 · 08/01/2026 10:50

CharlotteRumpling · 08/01/2026 10:44

Jesus Christ this thread. I have been on MN for 25++ years and I can't recognise it any more. ' Robust response'😫
Yes, I know I can just leave blah blah.

It's awful isn't it

Eyesopenwideawake · 08/01/2026 10:51

usernamealreadytaken · 08/01/2026 10:31

The federal agent who tried to stop her remained at the side of the vehicle. The shot was fired through the front, which means the vehicle was travelling towards the agent who fired. when an armed federal agent tells you to stop, why do you think somebody should be able to drive away and use their vehicle as a weapon on another agent? You are the one supporting killing or injuring somebody, because you don’t agree with their role or politics.

Stop twisting the narrative.

Look at the angle of the bullet, you idiot. It was not head on, it was from the side.

Someone should remove your keyboard before you poke yourself in the eye with it.

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A2C · 08/01/2026 10:51

DdraigGoch · 08/01/2026 10:14

If anything he made the vehicle more dangerous because it was now out of control.

An out of control vehicle is no more dangerous (arguably less) than a vehicle being driven by a person who is aiming to knock over a pedestrian or who is reckless as to whether they will knock over a pedestrian.

The US legal system and case law is very different to the UK. I think that if this went to court it would likely be ruled to be self defence.

A clip from the US TV channel ABC showed the car hitting the ICE agent before or just as he opened fire.

At that moment in time, he had to decide whether he was threatened with imminent deadly force. Deadly force doesn't just mean something that could kill you but also, in a UK context, the equivalent of being threatened with GBH (grievous bodily harm).

People usually think of deadly weapons as involving guns or knives etc, but having a huge American car revving it's engine and driving directly at you certainly counts as a deadly weapon.

People have suggested that he should have moved out of the way. But where? It was an icy road and the front wheels did not have traction at first - the car could have gone anywhere.

From a US perspective, part of any legal case would be was his action reasonable? Would a reasonable and prudent person in those circumstances also come to the same conclusion?

It wouldn't be down to the ICE agent to prove that it was a reasonable belief, it would be down to the prosecution to proof that no reasonable or prudent person in that same situation would come to the same conclusion.

There is also no need to be "perfect", just "reasonable" in his belief that he was about to be run over. So the agent didn't have to be "correct" that he was about to be seriously injured by being run over, just that he "reasonably" believed that he was about to be.

That's rather a high hurdle for any prosecution to overcome.

I think there was something like two or three seconds from the woman revving her engine and moving towards the agent and the three shots being fired.

Fulmine · 08/01/2026 10:52

Hyperobject · 08/01/2026 10:48

Terrible footage.

Why did she attempt to drive off? With all those armed agents around me, I would have been out of the car and on the ground, offering no resistance!

According to witnesses, they were shouting at her to move. They'd have been even angrier if she'd just left the car there.

1dayatatime · 08/01/2026 10:53

Goldenbear · 08/01/2026 09:39

Good example right here of the pretzel logic that is rife on here now! Honestly, who lacks so much self awareness that they are confident to post this bilge!

So a straight question for you to answer- was there or was there not an officer stood in front of the vehicle when it started to move?

Because @Alexandra2001claims there is no one in front of the vehicle when it starts to move despite photos showing that there was. It really is that simple.

JHound · 08/01/2026 10:53

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Well that’s it.

The dumbest thing I have seen on the internet today.

Fulmine · 08/01/2026 10:53

An out of control vehicle is no more dangerous (arguably less) than a vehicle being driven by a person who is aiming to knock over a pedestrian or who is reckless as to whether they will knock over a pedestrian.

There is no evidence that the victim was either intending to knock someone over or was reckless about it. The officer put himself in front of her vehicle, she wasn't aiming it at him - in fact the direction of the wheels shows she was trying to drive away.

Zebedee999 · 08/01/2026 10:54

mumofoneAloneandwell · 07/01/2026 21:24

Horrifying. We need a Black Lives Matter level protest against this man, there is nothing separating him from Derek Chauvin. Nothing.

Yeah we need shots burnt down, shops looted, graffitti everywhere... actually we don't.

OtterlyAstounding · 08/01/2026 10:54

GCSEmum2025 · 08/01/2026 10:44

Say her name: Renee Good.

Rest in power Renee

This is the attitude that I genuinely don't understand. She's not 'resting in power'. She's dead, shot like a dog in the street because she provoked trigger-happy armed enforcers - and now her son is motherless for the rest of his life. He'll miss her every day, and 'resting in power' won't do a damned thing for him.

Meanwhile, ICE will keep operating, doing exactly what it was before, and within a week she'll be forgotten by the majority of people who heard about this incident as the relentless 24hr news cycle grinds on.

It's just so bloody sad and pointless.

Yorkshirelass04 · 08/01/2026 10:54

@SwissChaletPatriot if you're not a troll that's disgusting

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 10:55

RingoJuice · 08/01/2026 10:47

My in-laws are like this lol. I’m always like, ‘and how does this affect you personally?’ I don’t say anything more than that to maintain familial harmony. But it’s puzzling why they are so invested in a foreign country (though I guess they have some connection, more than most)

Because this foreign country has a lot of sway and influence on the world both hard (can just take or bomb a country) and soft influence via culture music social media film and tv.

It has also pulled out of climate change agreements and denies much science on this. This affects the world for obvious reasons.

The US has been admired for decades.

It's now run by someone who has a different value system which is heading towards fascism.

This is why we are concerned and care as we can see it changing before our eyes.

And the calm way many posters are commenting on the death of a mother shot in the face by armed officers is a microcosm of that change and difference in our countries - and it's shocking and sad to us.

That is why @RingoJuice and @EasternStandard and all the other apologists on this thread.

Fulmine · 08/01/2026 10:56

RingoJuice · 08/01/2026 10:47

My in-laws are like this lol. I’m always like, ‘and how does this affect you personally?’ I don’t say anything more than that to maintain familial harmony. But it’s puzzling why they are so invested in a foreign country (though I guess they have some connection, more than most)

So should we always ignore unlawful conduct (and its condonation by a country's leader) unless it affects us personally? I'm irresistibly reminded of Pastor Niemoller's poem.

Zebedee999 · 08/01/2026 10:57

MyGoals · 08/01/2026 00:02

https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/2009040818896830650

Video of what happened before and after.

She is there with her wife. Blocking the road. Filming. Shouting and swearing at ICE.

She had been causing issues and was repeatedly told to leave. She chose to be there. Chose to stay. Why was her wife outside of the car, filming?

Theyvarent just random people caught up.

ICE were trying to getbher to leave. She chose to stay until they attempted to arrest her, THEN she chose to try and drive off. Into an officer.

She had been there causing trouble, swearing, filming.

Of course they thought she might be capable of running them over! Have you not seen the masses of liberal protestors getting violent?

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She FAFO. Why people can't just do as authority figures instruct them to is beyond me; it's very simple and part of being a society.

Goldenbear · 08/01/2026 10:57

Lou7171 · 08/01/2026 10:50

It's awful isn't it

Just awful.

Fulmine · 08/01/2026 10:57

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Except you know perfectly well that your version of events is pure fiction.

C152 · 08/01/2026 10:58

Hyperobject · 08/01/2026 10:48

Terrible footage.

Why did she attempt to drive off? With all those armed agents around me, I would have been out of the car and on the ground, offering no resistance!

Fight or flight, especially if you have a legitimate reason to fear harm from 'officials'.

RingoJuice · 08/01/2026 10:58

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 10:55

Because this foreign country has a lot of sway and influence on the world both hard (can just take or bomb a country) and soft influence via culture music social media film and tv.

It has also pulled out of climate change agreements and denies much science on this. This affects the world for obvious reasons.

The US has been admired for decades.

It's now run by someone who has a different value system which is heading towards fascism.

This is why we are concerned and care as we can see it changing before our eyes.

And the calm way many posters are commenting on the death of a mother shot in the face by armed officers is a microcosm of that change and difference in our countries - and it's shocking and sad to us.

That is why @RingoJuice and @EasternStandard and all the other apologists on this thread.

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yeah total bullshit. Where was all this opprobrium when GWB decide to invade Iraq for no real reason? America has always done what it wants, now it’s just doing what its voters want (for a change)

EasternStandard · 08/01/2026 10:59

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 10:55

Because this foreign country has a lot of sway and influence on the world both hard (can just take or bomb a country) and soft influence via culture music social media film and tv.

It has also pulled out of climate change agreements and denies much science on this. This affects the world for obvious reasons.

The US has been admired for decades.

It's now run by someone who has a different value system which is heading towards fascism.

This is why we are concerned and care as we can see it changing before our eyes.

And the calm way many posters are commenting on the death of a mother shot in the face by armed officers is a microcosm of that change and difference in our countries - and it's shocking and sad to us.

That is why @RingoJuice and @EasternStandard and all the other apologists on this thread.

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You don’t like it because I think mnhq have got posting right.

I haven’t stated my view on the video.

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