North Texas protest planned to ‘demand justice’ after ICE shooting in Minneapolis
[Update: Hundreds protest Thursday night in Dallas]
Communities across the country are seeing protests grow after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good was shot and killed inside her car by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning.
Videos of the shooting have spread like wildfire across social media, showing officers approaching an SUV stopped in the middle of the road, ordering the driver to get out and grabbing the door handle. The SUV began to pull forward before one ICE agent fired at least two shots into the vehicle. Federal and state officials have offered contradicting accounts of those videos.
By that evening, hundreds of protesters had gathered at the snow-covered intersection in the Minneapolis suburb where Macklin Good was killed, roughly a mile from where George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin in 2020.
Macklin Good, who died from gunshot wounds to the head, was the mother of three children and had recently moved to Minnesota. She was a U.S. citizen who seemingly had no criminal record beyond a traffic ticket, according to the Associated Press.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that Macklin Good tried to run over immigration officers with her vehicle before she was killed, describing her actions as “domestic terrorism.”
At least one protest is scheduled for Thursday evening in North Texas as local advocacy groups decry the shooting and demand accountability.
The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression has announced a protest at 7 p.m. outside Dallas City Hall, at 1500 Marilla St.
The protest is a collaboration with several other local advocacy groups, including the Palestinian Youth Movement, Vecinos Unidos, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Indivisible Dallas.
“NAARPR Dallas is hosting a protest at City Hall to demand justice for Renee Good and all victims of ICE and police violence,” a representative for the group told the Star-Telegram. “We make this call to the whole of Dallas-Fort Worth: let them know we are angry and we are not backing down.”
The Dallas Police Department said in a statement that it is aware of the protest activity planned for Thursday. “We cannot disclose specific operational details, but participants may see officers patrolling in the area, as they would with any large event,” police said. “The Department is committed to protecting and maintaining a safe environment for all who visit, live, and work in the City of Dallas.”
One person was arrested in Dallas in June during a wave of nationwide protests of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Last year, Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux announced that the department was turning down a $25 million partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This story was originally published January 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM with the headline "North Texas protest planned to ‘demand justice’ after ICE shooting in Minneapolis."
