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The protest is one of dozens of similar demonstrations planned across Massachusetts this weekend in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
A protest is planned in Boston on Saturday following the fatal shooting of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minnesota — a killing that has sparked outrage and demonstrations in cities across the country.
The LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA will hold a protest at 2 p.m. at the JFK Federal Building in Government Center to “mourn the lives lost to ICE and denounce ICE violence in our neighborhoods,” according to the event’s flyer.
The protest comes days after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three, was fatally shot by an ICE officer on Wednesday morning in Minneapolis. Local and state authorities say Good was shot as she attempted to drive away from agents who were demanding that she exit her vehicle.
“These deaths are not isolated tragedies,” protest organizers wrote in a statement posted to Facebook. “They are part of a pattern of ICE violence that tears families apart, devastates communities, and exposes the failures of systems meant to protect us — especially within immigrant communities.”
“In the face of this violence, we refuse to be silent,” the statement continued. “We come together to mourn, demand accountability, and call for ICE out of Massachusetts. When institutions fail, our strength is in one another.”
Minnesota authorities have said Good was acting as a legal observer at the time of the shooting. She was shot three times by an ICE agent identified by The New York Times and other media outlets as Jonathan Ross.
The fatal encounter, captured on video and witnessed by Good’s partner, happened around 9:30 a.m. in a residential neighborhood about a mile from where a police officer killed George Floyd in 2020. The shooting drew an immediate and emotional response from the community, with hundreds gathering on the streets of Minneapolis to mourn Good’s death and demand an end to aggressive immigration enforcement.
Saturday’s protest will mark Boston’s third protest since Good’s death. On Thursday, nearly 1,000 people marched in a protest organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, calling on ICE to leave U.S. cities and halt deportations.
Protesters also gathered on Boston Common on Wednesday night shortly after news of the shooting broke.
According to Mobilize.us, dozens of additional anti-ICE protests are planned across Massachusetts this weekend, including a demonstration scheduled for Coolidge Corner in Brookline.
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