WATCH: 1000’s Of Anti-ICE Protesters Block Streets, Harass Drivers In Minneapolis
Thousands of anti-ICE demonstrators gathered around the scene of an ICE-involved shooting in South Minneapolis, which left a 37-year-old woman dead after she attempted to run down a federal agent with her vehicle on Wednesday morning.
Shortly after the incident took place at the corner of Portland and 34th Street, a sizable contingent of leftist rioters proceeded to pelt federal agents with projectiles and blunt objects as they attempted to evacuate the scene. Agents deployed less-than-lethal crowd control measures while exiting, leaving the scene in the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Not long after 2 p.m. local time, police fled after they came under assault by rioters hurling snowballs and other projectiles. A mob then proceeded to advance up 34th Street, impeding traffic and harassing drivers.
A number of rioters also stormed the Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street, the main federal court facility in the city. Rioters smashed bulletproof glass out front of the building, while a woman who identified herself as a “lawyer” told the crowd to line up outside the doors in order to trap everyone inside.
During a press conference, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz urged people in Minnesota and across the country to protest the shooting. In the following hours, a large number of anti-ICE protesters proceeded to gather around the scene of the shooting, with the crowd numbering in the thousands by nightfall.
Protesters chanted “rise up” and “nobody is illegal on stolen land” around a makeshift memorial set up in honor of the victim, identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. A Missouri native, Good and her partner drove several hours in order to impede and obstruct ICE agents, something they had been repeatedly doing in the lead-up to the shooting, officials said.
🚨 BREAKING: Leftist organizers in Minneapolis have THOUSANDS of protestors chanting “RISE UP” at the site of the ICE-involved shooting
TOTAL INCITEMENT
They know EXACTLY what they’re doing. They should be in HANDCUFFS. pic.twitter.com/c8jCsIYsPv
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 8, 2026
Hundreds of protesters then marched through the city, chanting “f*** ICE” as they blocked motorists on public streets. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had previously instructed protesters to demonstrate “peacefully” and specifically warned against blocking roadways.
The governor announced that the Minnesota National Guard is on standby for any potential unrest, though they have not yet been activated. On-the-ground reporter Nick Sortor noted a distinct lack of law enforcement presence period as of 8 p.m. local time.
“Minneapolis Police are TOTALLY MIA. And it’s only 8pm,” he posted on X alongside footage obtained by FreedomNews.TV reporter Oliya Scootercaster.
Additional demonstrations have been observed in several major cities, including Chicago, Portland, Tampa and others. In Seattle, a mob gathered outside a federal building and proceeded to mock late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Seattle (Jan. 7) — Far-left extremists have gathered outside the Seattle Federal Building for a direct action after an anti-ICE rioter in Minneapolis was shot dead while accelerating her car at an agent. The extremists mock Charlie Kirk’s death. pic.twitter.com/ai3Uf44ON4
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 8, 2026
Within hours of the shooting, several familiar protest organizations rushed to organize “emergency” demonstrations in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
“It’s the same network of people that have thousands of Americans blocking the streets, waving communist and terrorist flags and attacking law enforcement and innocents,” said Brandy Shufutinsky, director of the Education and National Security Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “They are stoking the grievance industry that they built.”
Indivisible, the Democratic Party-aligned nonprofit and PAC that was at the forefront of protests against Tesla and the Trump administration, shared a picture on Instagram of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose agency oversees ICE, with two Xs over eyes, a symbol often used to portray someone as dead, Fox News reported.
The post was shared by 50501, a newly established organization that played a key role in organizing “No Kings” protests last year.
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