Donald Trump has been criticized for his insensitive and victim-blaming remarks following the death of a 37-year-old woman who was shot by ICE in Minneapolis.
Renee Nicole Good was killed just several blocks from her home after being shot by an ICE agent on a Wednesday morning.
Online footage of the incident shows an ICE agent trying to open the door of a woman’s car as she attempts to drive off.
A second officer then shoots her in the head, and the car is seen rolling down the street, eventually hitting a parked vehicle.
After the tragic event, numerous American politicians, including Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, criticized the shooting, calling it a “public murder.”
“What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman and shoot her in the head while she was trying to escape and flee for her life,” she said, before describing it as the ‘manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare”.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also condemned the incident and expressed his outrage towards ICE officers.
“There’s little I can say, again, that’ll make this situation better,” Frey said during a press conference held on Wednesday shortly after the fatal shooting.
“But I do have a message for our community, for our city, and I have a message for ICE.” He raged, “To ICE, get the f— out of Minneapolis.”
“They are not here to cause safety in this city. What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust,” Frey said. “They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets and in this case quite literally killing people.”
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is b-hit,” the mayor said.
However, President Trump did not criticize the actions of the ICE officer and instead blamed the victim.
“I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site on Wednesday. “The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing, and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defense.”
“Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital,” he added. “The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE agents on a daily basis.”
Trump concluded his statement by saying, “They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE.” He finished. “We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.”
His comments drew outrage from many, with some users expressing disgust at the President’s tone, labeling him a ‘disgrace to humanity.’
“You are a horrible disgusting disgrace to humanity,” one user commented. Another added that Trump is ‘never going to admit to doing anything wrong. Ever.’
“He believes that people no longer believe what they see with their own eyes- only his,” another person said. “It is a cult.”
Nonetheless, some users agreed with Trump’s perspective on the situation.
“When law enforcement tells you to stop repeatedly you STOP,” one person commented.
“This isn’t new, we learn this in elementary school,” they added. “This kind of s— doesn’t need to happen.”
“Glad to see the ICE Officer survived,” a third person added. “Great training. Thank you ICE Officer, please recover quickly. GO MAGA!”
The Department of Homeland Security echoed Trump’s assessment, stating that the ICE officer acted in ‘self-defense’.
They stated: “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism.”
“An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots. He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers. The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. The ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries.”
“This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats. This is an evolving situation, and we will give the public more information as soon as it becomes available.”