Danbury Pro-Immigrant Group Blasts ICE's Killing Of Minnesota Mom

DANBURY, CT — A Danbury-based, pro-immigrant organization blasted the killing of a 37-year-old mother and American by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Wednesday.

Carolina Bortolleto, organizer for the pro-immigrant Greater Danbury Unites for Immigrants, lashed out at ICE for the shooting death, which happened in Minneapolis, Minn.

Bortolleto said in a statement that Renee Nicole Good's shooting death is an example of "violence and brutality" on the part of ICE.

"As people who have seen first hand ICE's violence and brutality on our streets, we know all too well that Connecticut is not immune to ICE's barbarity," wrote Bortolleto in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.

A reported 2,000 federal ICE agents were sweeping Minneapolis on Wednesday to round up and take away immigrants.

During a traffic stop, one ICE agent shot and killed Good, a 37-year-old mother of three.

A disturbing video of the incident shows the woman pulling away from agents in her SUV, with an ICE agent then opening fire, shooting the woman in the head, killing her.

Federal officials — including President Donald Trump and Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem — jumped to the defense of the agent, calling Good's actions an act of "domestic terrorism" that put the safety of agents in jeopardy with her vehicle.

The killing of the woman sparked angry protests nationwide, many calling it murder and pointing to video evidence of the incident showing that.

While federal leaders said the shooting was self-defense, Bortolleto said it was an execution.

“Today, ICE executed a mother, a daughter, a neighbor — in broad daylight, and blocks from where George Floyd was murdered. This is a moment that we people of conscience cannot turn back from," she wrote, referencing the 2020 murder of a Black man at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.

"The facts have never been clearer. Masked agents patrolling our neighborhoods, kidnapping, hurting, and killing our neighbors, makes no one safer. ICE agents do not belong in our communities, in our cities, or in our states. Make no mistake, Connecticut is not immune to this state violence."

Bortolleto said what happened in Minnesota on Wednesday could happen in Danbury, as ICE has been seen regularly in the western Connecticut city.

"Here in Danbury, we saw how our community became the epicenter of ICE violence in our state. In one day, over two dozen armed ICE agents swarmed the Danbury Courthouse in military uniforms and gear," she said.

"When community members demanded that the agents identify themselves and present a warrant, the agents threatened to pepper-spray and taser the peaceful community members and activists. Video can be seen here and here."

Bortolleto urged the Danbury community to come together and support each other in the wake of what is going on nationally and locally.

"These actions are meant to instill fear in us, to paralyze us, to divide us. But in this moment of deeply alarming and intensifying attacks against all communities and families, we know that the only way we’re going to be able to survive and build the future our communities need and deserve is by coming together and supporting one another,” she wrote.

Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves also ripped ICE and federal officials for the killing.

"My prayers are with her family and loved ones. People deserve to be treated with dignity, and every loss of life demands our full attention and care," Alves said in a statement.

"When a life is lost at the hands of our government on our own soil, the public deserves complete and honest answers. Reports indicate she may have been impeding ICE agents at the time. That fact should be acknowledged plainly. But just as plainly: no one deserves to die for that.

"I believe in the rule of law, and I believe that every person, regardless of status, has inherent dignity. Those values are not in conflict. They rise or fall together.

"We cannot allow intimidation and chaos to become tools of governance, or disagreement to become grounds for dehumanization. A democracy survives only when we insist on restraint, dignity, and respect for every person.

"What we are seeing from federal immigration enforcement too often is not duty or order, but cruelty that puts lives at risk and erodes trust in the very institutions meant to keep people safe. As leaders, our responsibility is clear: protect and uphold public safety, demand accountability from those in power, and never lose sight of our shared humanity."

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., also condemned the actions of ICE on Wednesday.

"This horrific tragedy was both predictable and preventable. For months, armed ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents have roamed American cities and brutally assaulted American citizens with seemingly no repercussions – and now, a woman is dead. My heart breaks for her family and loved ones," Blumenthal said.

"I join my colleagues from Minnesota and the many local and state lawmakers and law enforcement officials who have called for peace in the aftermath of this terrible tragedy. And I also join them in demanding justice and accountability for this American killed by an ICE agent; for this community, which has been terrorized by lawless immigration agents; and for our country, which deserves a government that follows the law and abides by the basic values of our Constitution.”

Governor Ned Lamont Thursday, also released a statement regarding the killing in Minneapolis.

“This is an incredibly tragic and heartbreaking situation, and one that is completely unnecessary and unjustifiable. I join Americans across our country in demanding accountability for this brutal killing. Over this last year, communities have become terrorized by armed and masked immigration agents and have seen situations in which the rights of Americans and the basic values of our Constitution have been disregarded. This has to stop.”

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