Hundreds of rowdy anti-ICE protesters shouting curses descended on a Minneapolis hotel Friday night, where they believed federal agents were staying after the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good.
The frenzied crowd flooded the outside of the Hilton Canopy Hotel — and some parts of the interior — blowing whistles and banging on drums while chanting “f–k ICE” and waving various signs calling for the federal agency to “GET THE F–K OUT OF MN,” according to social media videos and the Daily Mail.
“They need to get the hell out of our city,” a pink-haired demonstrator, 27, told the outlet.
“I don’t know for sure they are here but we will do whatever it takes to keep Minneapolis safe.”
It’s unclear if immigration enforcement officers were staying at the hotel, where horrified guests reportedly watched on as the chaos unfold.
Federal officials were forced to arrange alternative housing after a Hampton Inn by Hilton in Lakeview canceled their reservations ahead of an immigration enforcement deployment.
“Get out of Minneapolis,” a 31-year-old software developer named Erik told the Daily Mail.
“They are only fanning the flames. It sucks for the people inside but these corporations need to get the message. These hotels are hosting ICE and we want them out.”
Another agitator said she was “sickened” by Good’s death, noting how liberating she felt as she screamed through the crowd and released her pent-up anger over the deadly incident.
“It feels too good to yell and scream and finally let out all of my feelings,” the 41-year-old woman said.
“My neighborhood is very diverse. If you were to remove all the diversity, i wouldn’t want to live there. We celebrate difference and diversity here.”
CNN reported that at one point, police tried to get the hotel demonstration under control by declaring and “unlawful assembly.” Most of the large crowd eventually dispersed, but the station said that some continued to bang drums and “arrests were underway.”
Good, a 37-year-old activist, was shot dead after she drove her SUV at an immigration officer who fired the fatal shots during a heated confrontation at a raucous protest in Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon.
Federal officials said she “weaponized” her plum-colored Honda pilot when she sped toward ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
New video captured on Ross’ cellphone shows Good’s wife, Rebecca, outside the vehicle taunting ICE while she remained int he driver’s seat of the car.
As another agent ordered Good out of the car, Rebecca can be heard urging her wife to “drive, baby, drive” before she peeled off and clipped Ross, prompting him to open fire.
A video taken in the aftermath of the shooting showed Rebecca sobbing as she wailed, “It’s my fault.”
President Trump and Homeland Security officials have since labeled Good a “domestic terrorist.”
Local officials have decried the deadly use of force, and claimed the shooting was a “murder.”
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