STORY: Protesters marched through downtown Minneapolis and gathered outside hotels said to be housing federal agents on Friday (January 9) evening, setting off fireworks, banging pots and chanting anti-immigration enforcement slogans.

Some demonstrators played brass instruments and drums with many others using pots, pans, whistles and megaphones to stage a 'noise demonstration'.

The wave of protests in Minnesota and across the country was sparked after an ICE officer on Wednesday (January 7) fatally shot Renee Nichole Good, a U.S. citizen who according to one activist was participating in a "neighborhood patrol" that observes ICE activities.

U.S. officials alleged she attempted to run over the agent, while defenders of the woman said they believe video showed she steered away from the officer.

Minnesota authorities on Friday said they were opening their own criminal investigation, after some state law enforcement officials said the FBI was refusing to cooperate with state investigators.

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STORY: The White House on Friday (January 9) reposted on social media a new video taken from the cellphone of the Immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week, adding to the documentation of an incident that has sparked days of nationwide protests.

The 47-second video shows 37-year-old Renee Good telling the officer, "That's fine, dude, I'm not mad at you," moments before he opens fire after Good puts the car in gear in an apparent effort to pull back into the street.

The new clip is likely to further inflame tensions between state officials and officials in President Donald Trump's administration, who have offered starkly different accounts of the shooting. Minnesota authorities on Friday said they were opening their own criminal investigation, after some state leaders said the FBI was refusing to cooperate with state investigators.

The video, obtained by the website Alpha News and verified by Reuters, begins as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Jonathan Ross, exits his car and approaches Good's Honda SUV, which is partially blocking traffic. A black dog is visible through an open rear window.

As he circles around the front of the car, Good reverses farther out of the street before speaking to him through her open window. Ross then continues around the vehicle's rear, where he films the vehicle's license plate and encounters Good's wife, Becca Good, in the street. She tells him, "We don't change our plates every morning, just so you know. It'll be the same plate when you come talk to us later. That's fine. U.S. citizen."

Becca Good, who was filming the ICE agent with her own phone, then adds: "You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy."

At that point, another ICE agent approaches Renee Good in the vehicle and orders her to get out of the car. She can be seen reversing briefly, then putting the car into gear and turning the steering wheel, apparently trying to drive away.

As the car moves forward, Ross shouts "Whoa!" Shots can be heard, and the car briefly disappears from the frame of the video as the officer's hand holding the phone appears to flail about.

The video then shows the car careening down the street, while someone can be heard muttering, "Fucking bitch."

Vice President JD Vance, who has accused Good of deliberately using her car as a weapon, reposted the video, saying it showed the officer's life was endangered.

Other videos of the shooting show Good turning her wheels away from Ross as she drives forward, while he fires three shots while jumping backward from the front of the car. The final two shots appear to be aimed through the driver's side window, after the car's front bumper has already passed by the officer's legs.

It is unclear whether Ross made any contact with the car, but videos show he stayed on his feet and walked calmly toward the car after the shooting.

Officials from the Republican Trump administration have defended the shooting as self-defense and accused Good of an act of "domestic terrorism" - a narrative described by Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as "garbage" based on the video footage.

Good was a mother of three, including a 6-year-old son. Becca Good issued a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday, saying the two had "stopped to support our neighbors."

"We had whistles," she wrote. "They had guns."

VERIFICATION NOTES

The location of the video was verified from buildings and trees which matched file imagery. Several factors also verified the authenticity of the video as they matched corroborating videos of the same incident. These included the position, colour and number plates of vehicles, the faces of the now deceased driver Renee Nicole Good and her wife Rebecca Good which match file imagery, the timing of the three shots fired, audio of yelling in background and the fact the U.S. immigration officer who fired the shots is also seen filming on his phone in other videos.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 9, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PROTESTERS MARCHING, HOLDING SIGNS AND CHANTING

2. FIREWORKS EXPLODING IN SKY / PROTESTERS MARCHING, BANGING POTS

3. PROTESTER BANGING POT DURING MARCH

4. PERSON ON RESIDENTIAL BALCONY BANGING PAN

5. PROTESTER BANGING PAN DURING MARCH

6. PROTESTER SHOUTING INTO MEGAPHONE (English): "FUCK ICE, GET OUT"

7. VARIOUS OF MARCH ONGOING

8. PERSON RAISING FIST FROM CAR WINDOW, PROTESTER GIVING FIST BUMP / MARCH ONGOING

9. PROTESTERS LEADING CHANT FROM BACK OF TRUCK

10. MARCH ONGOING

11. PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE HOTEL SAID TO BE HOUSING ICE AGENTS

12. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS AT GATHERED AND CHANTING AT HOTEL ENTRANCE

13. PROTESTER BANGING PAN

14. PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE HOTEL

15. PROTESTER BLOWING TRUMPET

16. PROTESTERS MARCHING, CARRYING SIGNS

17. PROTESTER BANGING CANNED FOOD DURING MARCH

18. PROTESTERS MOVING TOWARDS BUILDING

19. PROTESTERS BANGING ON ENTRANCE DOORS

20. PROTESTER SPRAYING GRAFFITI ON ENTRANCE DOORS READING (English): "FUCK ICE"

21. PROTESTER IN FROG COSTUME PLAYING ACCORDION, POSING WITH ANOTHER PROTESTER CARRYING TROMBONE

22. VARIOUS OF MARCH ONGOING

23. PROTESTERS GATHERED

24. PROTESTERS MARCHING THROUGH TRAFFIC

25. PROTESTER PLAYING DRUMS IN STREET

26. POLICE VEHICLE SURROUNDED BY PROTESTERS

27. POLICE VEHICLES MOVING PAST PROTEST, PROTESTERS GESTURING WITH MIDDLE FINGERS

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SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 7, 2026) (ALPHA NEWS - Must courtesy Alpha News. No resale. No archive.)

1. PERSON OPENING CAR DOOR AS SIRENS AND HONKING CAN BE HEARD IN BACKGROUND/ WALKING SHOT AS PERSON WALKS TOWARDS RED VEHICLE WITH DOG IN BACK SEAT

2. WALKING SHOT AROUND RED VEHICLE WITH RENEE NICOLE GOOD IS SITTING IN DRIVER'S SEAT AS SIRENS CAN BE HEARD IN BACKGROUND AND GOOD SAYS THROUGH OPEN WINDOW: 'That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you..'

3. WALKING SHOT TO LICENSE PLATE IN BACK OF CAR AND WOMAN'S VOICE (OFF-CAMERA) SAYING: 'That's okay. We don't change our plates every morning, just so you know. (REBECCA GOOD HOLDING CELLPHONE AND SAYING:) It'll be the same plate when you come talk to us later. That's fine. U.S. citizen."

4. WALKING SHOT AND VOICE OF REBECCA GOOD (OFF-CAMERA) SAYING: "You want to come at us? You want to come at us?" (REBECCA GOOD SAYING:) "I say you go get yourself some lunch, big boy. Go ahead."

5. REBECCA GOOD TURNING AND WALKING TOWARD FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF CAR AS MALE VOICE (OFF-CAMERA) SAYS: "Get out of the car. Get out of the car. Get out of the fucking car."

6. CAR BACKING UP AND REBECCA GOOD REACHING FOR FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR AS MALE VOICE CAN BE HEARD SAYING "Get out of the car."

7. CAR MOVING FORWARD, FACE OF MASKED MAN, SKY, MALE VOICE SAYS "Woah!", SHOTS CAN BE HEARD

8. CAR DRIVING AWAY AS MALE VOICE SAYS (OFF-CAMERA) "Fucking bitch", SOUND OF CAR CRASHING