Woman shot and killed by ICE officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Yes the way we can see a US ICE officers shooting a white, blonde, woman who is an American citizen (they never checked), at close range, several times, when she has not committed any offence, is neither impeding or blocking the icy road and is also driving away from said ICE officer is "bad' Oreo.

There is not excuse for US ICE officers to be making such "rash decisions" as this officer did. They need to be trained and given orders not to shoot at anyone. They are immigration officers not police men. There is no law that I am aware of that provides jurisdiction for anyone to be shot merely for suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. ICE Officers also, if they have shot someone, and their victim is bleeding to such an extent their blood is in the snow alongside their crashed car ( as a result of the ICE officer's shot) should be trained to stay with their victim, immediately call 111 themselves, check for breathing, give III call operator information about shot victim's presentation and take instructions on any potential life saving first aid that can be given whilst help is on the way. That is instead of leaving their shot victim, calmly walking away in the opposite direction and drawing your face covering higher over your face, in an attempt possibly to disguise your identity from passers by recording the shooting incident on their mobile.

All US ICE Officers at the scene should be expected to make signed written statement's for investigation purposes. Said statements of course would necessarily be corroborated by any available body cam evidence. If said officers not wearing- JUST WHY NOT??

Apparently after they killed this American a citizen, they headed over to a local High School and caused a ruckus, including spraying tear gas on them.

High school student are aged 14-18 in the US.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/08/after-border-patrol-clash-at-roosevelt-minneapolis-schools-cancel-classes

When were these ICE operatives recruited and what training have they been given? Was Trump planning all of this during his time out of office? He surely can’t be thinking up everything he’s doing by himself ( or does he plan everything when he’s playing golf?). Who else is behind it all?

Shocking and worrying for all communities.

I wonder if any of these ICE agents are 'patriots' from the Jan 6th assault?

Who is behind it? Stephen Miller seems to be a strong influence just now.

A female ICE officer said that the woman who was shot had been obstructing them and shouting all day…I have no idea if that’s true but she was certainly blocking the road with her car.
Everyone knows what the US police and ICE are like so any obstruction of them is foolhardy.Nobody deserves to die for protesting and it’s happened several times there through the nerves and trigger happy gun carrying authorities, usually police.There will be an investigation am sure, but meanwhile I hope that citizens there will steer clear of these raids.
Btw they aren’t going after Jewish people, that’s nonsense.

Lemonjam The ICE officer didn’t think she was an illegal immigrant, that wasn’t why he fired.

Also you can’t say they should be given orders not to shoot anyone, it isn’t the Cotswolds where immigration go in the US and very many people are armed and prepared to use those arms against anyone trying to arrest them.
We have to remember that the US is very different to the UK.

The US is now a fascist state and it’s terrifying. I wonder how all the rational American citizens are feeling and will be watching the mid-terms with interest.

Oreo I can only repeat what my friend , living in Chicago tells me. Her Jewish neighbours are so worried about ICE that they are frightened to leave their apartment block.
There are examples of ICE picking up American Citizens and detaining them . They don't seem to ask questions but are handy with the pepper spray , their fists and now their guns.

MaizieD, thank you so much for that second link. It shows so clearly what happened. Perhaps The Orange Moron should have waited before endorsing the murderous ICE man's actions, instead of relying on the first video released, which wasn't exactly clear, the view being mostly obscured.

I don't think you've watched any of the numerous videos, Oreo. There was no obstruction.

I don't know why you are so keen to exonerate ICE

Omg! I’ve just seen the video. What happens to innocent until proven guilty? Worrying times.

Aely

MaizieD, thank you so much for that second link. It shows so clearly what happened. Perhaps The Orange Moron should have waited before endorsing the murderous ICE man's actions, instead of relying on the first video released, which wasn't exactly clear, the view being mostly obscured.

I don't think the truth is of interest to Trump.

Someone published a series on BlueSky of his 'peaceful' 6th January 2021 on the 5th anniversary. We all saw a number at the time. He was watching it in real time. No 'peaceful protest' there... Yet he pardoned them...

I don’t just jump on bandwagons MaizieD but if you or anyone reads all my posts you’ll see that I don’t exonerate anyone.I have watched the video, or the only ones available and there was obstruction as her car was sideways across the road. What happened earlier is a moot point at the moment as we don’t know.
All US gun carrying authorities seem at times to be trigger happy as I have already said.

MayBee70, I went onto the ice.gov website to find out more information about their role. Also includes detail of training if you care to look. Their key role is to be "on the streets prioritising public safety by locating, arresting and removing criminal aliens and immigration violators from our neighbourhoods". "ICE officials use reasonable and necessary force when someone resists arrest. Ice officers and agents prioritise safety of the people they arrest- are highly trained in de-escalation". "Everyone ICE arrests receives due process".

Trump has increased ICE officers powers by executive order and decreased funding for other things like drugs and child sex trafficking enforcement to boost funding for ICE.

There is no mention at all in the latest news section on the ice website regarding this fatal shooting or the other incidents listed below.

ITVX news has some good information. It reports last September ICE fatally shot another person outside Chicago and 2 others died after being struck by vehicles whilst fleeing ICE and a Californian farmworker fell to his death during an ICE raid last July. Homeland Security issued a statement in relation to the September death that the person shot "evaded arrest and dragged an officer with his vehicle". HS said the officer "opened fire fearing for his life and was hospitalised". However local police body cam videos showed otherwise and the agent who shot the victim dead walked around afterwards dismissing his own injuries as "nothing major".

A further non fatal ICE shooting occurred last July and the person shot charged with a felony by ICE. However the case was dismissed after videos emerged that showed an ICE agent steering his vehicle into the truck of the person they shot, not the other way around.....

No ICE officers have ever been charged in relation to these deaths.

There is no question that this was murder of a US citizen and a mother of a 6 year old child.

That’s why I said earlier that you don’t mess with them, or the police there.
Let them get on with their jobs and don’t interfere is the best advice.

here was obstruction as her car was sideways across the road

And it drove off from there into a completely clear space on the other side of the road.

Bellingcat have recreated the positions of cars and people on an aerial shot and alongside it is video shot at the actual time. It is absolutely clear that there was plenty of space for other traffic.

bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3mbujjukc5c23

Oreo

That’s why I said earlier that you don’t mess with them, or the police there.
Let them get on with their jobs and don’t interfere is the best advice.

Victim blaming?

Oreo Thu 08-Jan-26 15:33:16
"Lemonjam The ICE officer didn’t think she was an illegal immigrant, that wasn’t why he fired".

See 15.52 post re ICE officer role. Looking at the videos in this post I can see not legitimate reason or jurisdiction within the ICE officers role and powers to shoot and kill this woman in her vehicle at close range.

Doesn't look good to me either....and there are videos all over YouTube now showing what happened.

They can't censor them all...

You have not explained Oreo in what way this last was "messing" with ICE agents. Neither have you given any reason why the burden falls on individuals to not "mess" with ICE agents, whatever that means, rather than ICE agents carrying out their role appropriately and within the law.

15.52 post clearly sets out ICE officer's requirement to uphold their role on the streets ie "prioritising public safety", "use reasonable and necessary force when someone resists arrest". "Ice officers and agents prioritise safety of the people they arrest- are highly trained in de-escalation". "Everyone ICE arrests receives due process".

This woman was not arrested, her safety was not prioritised, proportionate and necessary force was not sued and I saw no attempts of ICE to de escalate - well anything and unclear what exactly if anything the dead woman did wrong....

Oreo Thu 08-Jan-26 15:56:56
"That’s why I said earlier that you don’t mess with them, or the police there. Let them get on with their jobs and don’t interfere is the best advice".

Personally I don't agree we should just let ICE officers " get on with their jobs" if this is what they do and the outcome- dead citizens. I'll just agree to differ with you on that and trust that the ICE officer in this incident and Homeland Security is held to account.