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ICE shootings prompt more than 1,000 planned events across US
Summary
More than 1,000 vigils and rallies are planned across the United States this weekend after ICE agents shot three people this week, one fatally; Indivisible is tracking events on an online map.
Content
More than a thousand vigils and rallies are scheduled across the United States this weekend following a series of shootings involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier in the week. Officials reported that an ICE agent fatally shot Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good during an immigration operation on 7 January. The next day in Portland, agents were reported to have shot two Venezuelan immigrants outside a hospital. Organizers including Indivisible and several civil-rights groups are coordinating and tracking events.
Known details:
- Three people were reported shot by ICE agents this week; one person was fatally shot in Minneapolis on 7 January.
- Two people were reported shot in Portland outside a hospital the following day.
- More than 1,000 vigils, rallies and protests are planned across the U.S. this weekend and are listed on an online tracker maintained by Indivisible.
- Six protesters were arrested in Portland during demonstrations related to the incidents.
Summary:
Organizers and civil-rights groups say events are planned in every state this weekend and are being monitored online; the gatherings are presented as a response to the recent shootings. Undetermined at this time.
