Thousands of people joined another night of protests in Minneapolis on Saturday, after a woman was fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the city.
Earlier, city officials said that 30 people were arrested during the weekend’s protests, and a police officer was injured after “a piece of ice was thrown at them.”
Protests against immigration enforcement were held across the United States after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Goode was shot in her car on Wednesday.
The Trump administration said the agent who fired the shots acted in self-defense. Local officials insisted that the woman posed no danger.
People gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday evening despite the bitterly cold weather, while anti-asylum protests took place elsewhere in the US, including Austin, Seattle, New York and Los Angeles.
The city of Minneapolis said on Saturday that “the vast majority of community members demonstrated peacefully.”
On Friday night, Minneapolis police declared the assembly unlawful as protesters gathered outside the city’s Canopy Hotel, where some Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were believed to be staying.
The Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement that “several hundred people” attended and “some individuals forced entry into the hotel through an alley entrance.”
Videos posted online showed protesters shining bright lights in the area, blowing whistles and beating drums.
Some threw ice, snow and rocks at officers, police vehicles and other vehicles, but no serious injuries were reported, police said.
One law enforcement officer suffered minor injuries but did not require any medical attention, according to CBS News, the BBC’s partner in the US.
Officials said another hotel in the city was also targeted, with windows and graffiti damaged.
In a press conference on Saturday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey praised the majority of protesters who he said were peaceful, but noted that individuals who cause property damage or put others in harm’s way will be arrested.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said those arrested Friday night were later released.
Many Minnesotans have been frustrated by ICE’s presence in the state, and O’Hara said his department receives dozens of phone calls a day about the federal agency’s operations.
On Saturday, three congresswomen from Minnesota also attempted to tour an ICE facility in Minneapolis. The women said they were initially allowed in, but were then told they had to leave.
Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison and Angie Craig said ICE and the Department of Homeland Security were obstructing members of Congress from doing their duty to oversee operations there.
“They don’t care about violating federal law,” Craig said.
“The public deserves to know what happens in ICE facilities,” Omar posted on X.
Judd was shot and killed in her car on Wednesday.
Videos of the incident show ICE agents approaching a car in the middle of the street and asking the woman behind the wheel to get out of the SUV. A customer pulls the driver’s side door handle.
As the car was trying to start, one of the agents in the front of the car pointed his gun at the driver and several gunshots were heard.
The car then continues to drive away from the officer and crashes into the side of the street.
Judd’s wife told local media that the couple went to the scene of immigration enforcement activity to support neighbors.
The officer who shot Good was Jonathan Ross, a veteran ICE agent who had previously been injured in the line of duty when he was struck by a car.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that the ICE agent shot Good multiple times because she was trying to run over the officer in her car.
But Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Frey called that version of events false, saying it was clear to him that she was trying to leave the scene, not attack a customer.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
Minnesota officials said on Friday they would open an investigation into the shooting after they said they had been frozen from the federal investigation.
The announcement came a day after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the FBI initially pledged to conduct a joint investigation, then backed away. The US Vice President said that the investigation is a federal matter.