An ICE raid in Minneapolis turns deadly
Left, Right & Center
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. As video of the shooting went viral, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem derided Good as a “domestic terrorist” in a statement to reporters. The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, called the Trump administration’s take B.S., and for ICE to leave the city, while asking potential protestors to remain calm as they take to the streets. We’ll discuss whether the president’s policies played a role in heightening tensions between the public and federal agents.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to left, right and center, everybody. I'm David Green. On Tuesday of this past week, |
| 0:07.1 | the Department of Homeland Security tweeted out, Good Morning, Minneapolis. This came as ICE agents |
| 0:12.9 | were surging into that city. Ice director, Todd Lyons, said they were targeting companies |
| 0:18.1 | hiring illegal workers and continuing their investigation into massive fraud scandals in Minnesota. |
| 0:24.5 | On Wednesday, a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis was killed in her car during an encounter with ICE agents. |
| 0:31.2 | She was identified by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as Renee Nicole Good. |
| 0:35.5 | The newspaper spoke to her mom. |
| 0:39.5 | Videos from that scene that have now gone viral show an ICE agent shooting at her car. She was shot and she died soon after at a hospital. |
| 0:46.7 | Federal officials are defending this shooting, saying the woman attempted to use her car to injure |
| 0:51.8 | law enforcement officers. But that narrative has come into question |
| 0:55.6 | as video of the incident began to spread. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry had a very clear message for ICE |
| 1:02.3 | agents. To ICE, get the s' out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety and you are doing exactly the opposite. |
| 1:16.6 | The mayor also sent a message to the people of his city to stay peaceful. |
| 1:20.8 | They want us to respond in a way that creates a military occupation in our city. |
| 1:32.8 | They want an excuse to come in and show the kind of force that will create more chaos and more despair. Let's not let them. Let's rise to |
| 1:41.6 | this occasion. There's a lot to process about where things stand now after this incident and the situation |
| 1:47.5 | continues to develop. |
| 1:49.2 | And that's where we're going to start today with our left, right and center panel on the left. |
| 1:53.7 | We have Moa Lathie, executive director at Georgetown University's Institute of Politics |
| 1:57.4 | and Public Service. |
| 1:58.5 | He was communications director for the Democratic National Committee. And Mike Dupke, veteran GOP communications strategist and advisor. Mike was the White House |
| 2:06.5 | Director of Communications under President Trump in 2017. Mike, I want to start with you. I mean, |
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