Hundreds rally in Hilo to protest fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

More than 300 residents gathered on Sunday across from the King Kamehameha statue at Bayside Park to protest the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother and resident killed this week by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an enforcement operation in a residential neighborhood on Jan. 7.

Terry McDonald, leader of Indivisible Hilo, said the “inhumane, dishonorable and criminal conduct of this agent must be investigated, and he must be charged by local authorities.

“If an agent can kill an unarmed mother in cold blood and then rely on the government to defame her character after the fact, no American is safe.”

Demonstrators organized by Indivisible of East Hawaiʻi held signs and chanted as video footage and witness accounts of the encounter continue to fuel national debate over the use of force by federal immigration agents.

Good, who witnesses say was unarmed and inside her SUV during the encounter, has become a focal point for critics who dispute the official narrative and say video evidence contradicts claims the officer acted in self-defense.

McDonald added: “We are not just protesting a killing; we are protesting a lawless regime that slanders the deceased to shield itself from accountability.”

The Hilo demonstration is one of hundreds that have taken place across the United States since the shooting, including earlier events in Waimea and Kona this week.