{"id":24636,"date":"2026-01-08T20:14:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=853669"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:14:43","slug":"minneapolis-cancels-school-as-killing-fuels-anti-ice-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/minneapolis-cancels-school-as-killing-fuels-anti-ice-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Cancels School as Killing Fuels Anti-ICE Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/img\/social\/opengraph\/ij-social-default-1200x630.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/midwest\/2026\/01\/08\/853669.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/midwest\/2026\/01\/08\/853669.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p class=\"bloomberg\">The investigation into the killing of a U.S. citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week is being complicated by clashes between federal and local officials, with the FBI taking control over the objections of Governor Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>State authorities questioned whether a federal probe could be trusted, especially given comments by Trump administration officials that seemed to exonerate the officer. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said that after it was invited to participate in the probe of Wednesday\u2019s shooting, federal officials later decided the state wouldn\u2019t get access to evidence or interviews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"civil-unrest,k-12\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>Without that material, the BCA said it wouldn\u2019t be able to be part of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that Minnesota has been taken out of the investigation, it feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome,\u201d Walz said at a press conference Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters in New York that Minnesota doesn\u2019t have jurisdiction over the investigation. She portrayed Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday, as a domestic terrorist \u2014 and said the officer who shot her was acting in line with established protocols.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an experienced officer who followed his training, and we will continue to let the investigation unfold,\u201d Noem said. \u201cThese individuals had followed our officers all day, had harassed them, had blocked them in. They were impeding our law-enforcement operations, which is against the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the agent who shot Good was treated at a hospital and released, and was now spending time with his family. The Minnesota Star Tribune identified him as Jonathan Ross and reported that he was previously injured during an arrest in June in which he was dragged by a vehicle, citing court records and a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later, Vice President JD Vance defended the decision to cut out Minnesota officials from the investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext-2\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"162\" data-revive-topics=\"civil-unrest,k-12\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe precedent here is very simple,\u201d he told reporters in Washington. \u201cYou have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. That\u2019s a federal issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the agent who fired the deadly shot \u201cis protected by absolute immunity\u201d because he was doing his job. Vance said it would be understandable that the agent was \u201ca little bit sensitive\u201d about being struck by a vehicle after suffering an injury during an operation last year that resulted in 33 stitches to his leg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can believe that her death is a tragedy, while also recognizing that it\u2019s a tragedy of her own making,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>Comments like that have drawn criticism from people who say it sounds like a federal official is declaring the shooting justified despite it being very early in the investigation process.<\/p>\n<p>As ICE said that immigration enforcement efforts were continuing in the Twin Cities, protests flared Thursday, with tense standoffs between demonstrators and federal agents. The Minneapolis public school system canceled classes for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Starkly opposed views about what happened Wednesday reflected bitter divisions within the US over President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement efforts and the way they\u2019ve been conducted, with many progressives portraying what happened as clearly unjustified even as a chorus of conservatives argued the opposite. Both sides cited the same videos that showed the encounter from different angles.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Wednesday accused the woman of running over the ICE officer. But New York Times reporters who were in the Oval Office for an interview showed a slow-motion surveillance video of the shooting to Trump and pointed out that it didn\u2019t appear to show that, the paper said. As the video ended, Trump replied, \u201cit\u2019s a terrible scene,\u201d adding \u201cI hate to see it,\u201d the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>In the Twin Cities on Thursday, several dozen demonstrators were outnumbered by federal agents as the two sides lined up outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, a site near the airport that ICE has used as a staging ground. CNN showed at least a few people being hauled away by officers. Several agents and protesters were wearing gas masks; CNN reported agents used pepper balls earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Bovino, a Border Patrol commander who has become the public face of many operations, was on site at the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Federal agents began arriving in the Minneapolis\u2013St. Paul area in early December under what ICE called \u201cOperation Metro Surge.\u201d The Trump administration said this week the effort will involve as many as 2,000 federal agents, and it\u2019s already resulted in at least 1,500 arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis said armed Border Patrol officers came on school grounds Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffing two staffers and spraying chemical weapons on bystanders, according to a report by Minnesota Public Radio.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly shooting unfolded in a residential area of Minneapolis about three miles south of downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The footage showed a Honda Pilot blocking part of the road as two federal agents approached. As one of them tried to open the door, the SUV backed up slightly. A third agent then appeared in front of the automobile, and he fired at the driver as the car began to turn and move forward. The vehicle briefly continued to move ahead before crashing.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Homan, the administration\u2019s border czar, said in an interview with CBS News that he would withhold making a judgment call on the shooting until more information is known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the investigation play out,\u201d Homan said, according to CBS, \u201cand hold people accountable based on the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"copyright-notice quiet\">Copyright 2026 Bloomberg.<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagtag\"> <span class=\"tagtag\">Topics<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/k-12\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">K-12<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"853669\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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