The wife of the woman shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Minneapolis has revealed she blames herself for the incident.
Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old poet, was killed during a hotly contested confrontation during a protest over the immigration crackdown in the city.
In harrowing footage of the incident, the grieving wife could be overheard reacting with horror and admitting it was her idea to attend the demonstration.
“I made her come down here; it’s my fault,” she said through tears.
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“They just shot my wife,” she also cried out.
Witnesses of the shooting have said that Ms Good and her wife were attending the protest in the capacity of legal observers, filming proceedings.
However, Ms Good’s mother disputed the idea that her daughter would be "part of anything like" the demonstrations against Ice in the city.
“That's so stupid,” she stressed, adding that “Renee was one of the kindest people I've ever known”.
The wife of the woman killed in a shooting in Minneapolis has said she 'made her come here'
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“She was extremely compassionate. She's taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being," she told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
The grieving mother said Ms Good “was probably terrified” during the incident.
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said Ms Good was shot when she tried to “weaponise” her vehicle and attempted to run over an officer in her car.
Videos taken from various vantage points show a maroon SUV parked blocking a residential street in Minneapolis.
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Renee Nicole Good allegedly attempted to run over the federal agent with her car before shots were fired | FACEBOOKMultiple people, who appeared to be protesting, could be seen walking along the pavement while one person stands in the road with their phone out, appearing to record the incident.
Three pops are heard and the vehicle appears to lose control and crash into a white car parked on the side of the street.
The agent then appears to get out the way of the vehicle while people recording nearby scream.
Ms Good’s death has sparked a serious political firestorm, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey disputing the DHS’s claims in a press conference and hitting out at Ice.
He said the claims were “bull****” before telling officers to “get the f*** out” of the US city.
"They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defence. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bull****,” Mr Frey claimed.
Ice agents have been deployed some 2,000 agents to the US Midwest city as part of a major immigration enforcement crackdown.
The rollout began on Sunday and represents one of the largest concentrations of Department of Homeland Security personnel in a US city in recent years.
Addressing the incident, President Trump said in a Truth Social post: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch.
“The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, wilfully, and viciously ran over the Ice officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.
"Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and Ice Agents on a daily basis.
“They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate."
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