Rallies across US after woman shot and killed by immigration agent

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Minneapolis on Saturday chanting the name of the woman killed by a federal agent in the city, amid widespread anger at use of force in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.Organizers said more than 1,000 events were planned across the United States under the slogan “ICE, Out for Good” — referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that is drawing growing opposition over its execution of President Donald Trump’s effort at mass deportations.The slogan is also a reference to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother shot dead in her car by an ICE agent on Wednesday. Thousands braved frigid weather and streamed toward a snow-covered park to mobilize near the scene of the shooting. They carried signs demanding “ICE OUT” of Minnesota.At the start of the protest, a voice called out, “Say her name!” The crowd shouted back: “Renee Good!”Her death has sparked strong emotions in this Democratic stronghold, and across the nation.”We got ICE shooting women in the face for self-defense. It doesn’t make any sense,” said Alex Vega, a protester in Boston.”Let them come around here with that, and let’s see what’s really going to happen to ICE.”In Philadelphia, protesters marched in the rain from City Hall to the ICE field office. Others mobilized in New York, Washington and Boston, with the gatherings drawing dozens to hundreds of demonstrators.More protests were planned for Sunday.The calls to protest were being amplified by the “No Kings” movement, a network of left-wing organizations that mounted nationwide demonstrations against Trump last year.- ‘I’m not mad at you’ -The Trump administration has sought to paint Good as a “domestic terrorist,” vigorously insisting the agent who fatally shot her was acting in self-defense.This narrative is strongly disputed by local officials, who say footage shows Good’s vehicle turning away from the agent and did not pose a threat to his life.Cell phone footage apparently taken by the officer who fired the fatal shots shows him interacting with Good, who had blocked the road with her car in an apparent effort to impede the agents.He approaches and circles Good’s car, as she says to him: “I’m not mad at you.”Another agent can be heard ordering Good to exit the vehicle before she tries to drive off and shots ring out.The agent filming the video can then be heard saying “fucking bitch.”The White House insisted the video gave weight to the officer’s claim of self-defense — even though the clip does not clearly show the moment the car moved away, or him opening fire. – ‘Our rights are being taken away’ -Drew Lenzmeier, 30, said he joined the protest in Minneapolis “because I feel our rights are being taken away from us and we are turning into an authoritarian dictatorship.””No one is stopping the Trump administration from now murdering citizens and stealing, kidnapping human beings. It’s time to stop,” he said.On Friday evening, hundreds gathered noisily in front of Minneapolis hotels believed to be housing ICE agents, equipped with whistles, loudspeakers and musical instruments.Several people were arrested and then quickly released, according to police. Officials and residents in Minnesota have expressed concern that local law enforcement agencies have been shut out of the FBI investigation into the Minneapolis shooting.According to The Trace, a media outlet focusing on gun violence, Good was the fourth person killed by federal immigration agents since the launch of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. Seven people have been injured.In a separate incident, two people were injured Thursday in Portland, Oregon, by shots fired by federal border police during a traffic stop.

Washington appelle Damas et les Kurdes au dialogue après des combats meurtriers en Syrie

Les Etats-Unis ont appelé samedi le gouvernement syrien et les forces kurdes à renouer le dialogue, après plusieurs jours de combats meurtriers à Alep qui ont poussé sur la route des dizaines de milliers de personnes.La situation dans la deuxième ville de Syrie est confuse, les deux camps enchaînant les déclarations contradictoires.Les autorités ont annoncé …

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US urges fresh talks between Syria govt, Kurds after deadly clashes

The United States and the European Union on Saturday urged the Syrian government and Kurdish authorities to return to negotiations after days of deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.Conflicting reports emerged from the city, as authorities announced a halt to the fighting and said they had begun transferring Kurdish fighters out of Aleppo, but Kurdish forces denied the claims shortly after.An AFP correspondent saw at least five buses on Saturday carrying men leaving the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsud district, accompanied by security forces.While the authorities said they were fighters, the Kurdish forces insisted they were “civilians who were forcibly displaced”.AFP could not independently verify the men’s identities.Another correspondent saw at least six buses entering the neighbourhood and leaving without anyone on board, with relative calm in the area.US envoy Tom Barrack met Saturday with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, and afterwards issued a call for a “return to dialogue” with the Kurds in accordance with an integration agreement sealed last year.A statement from the European Union called for an end to fighting in and around Aleppo to protect the civilian population.”We urge all parties to implement the ceasefire announced today and to return urgently to a political dialogue for a political solution,” the statement added.- Civilians killed -The violence in Aleppo erupted after efforts to integrate the Kurds’ de facto autonomous administration and military into the country’s new government stalled.Since the fighting began on Tuesday, at least 21 civilians have been killed, according to figures from both sides, while Aleppo’s governor said 155,000 people had been forced to flee their homes.On Saturday evening, state television reported that Kurdish fighters “who announced their surrender…were transported by bus to the city of Tabaqa” in the Kurdish-controlled northeast.A Syrian security source had told AFP the last Kurdish fighters had entrenched themselves in the area of al-Razi hospital in Sheikh Maqsud, before being evacuated by the authorities.Kurdish forces said in a statement that news of fighters being transferred was “entirely false” and that those taken included “young civilians who were abducted and transferred to an unknown location”.- Residents waiting to return -On the outskirts of Sheikh Maqsud, families who had been unable to flee the violence were leaving, accompanied by Syrian security forces, according to an AFP correspondent.Men carried their children on their backs as women and children wept, before boarding buses taking them to shelters.Dozens of young men in civilian clothing were separated from the rest, with security forces making them sit on the ground before being taken by bus to an unknown destination, according to the correspondent.A Syrian security official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the young men were “fighters” being “transferred to Syrian detention centres”.At the entrance to the district, 60-year-old resident Imad al-Ahmad was waiting for permission to return home.”I left four days ago…I took refuge at my sister’s house,” he told AFP. “I don’t know if we’ll be able to return today.”Nahed Mohammad Qassab, a 40-year-old widow also waiting to return, said she had left before the fighting to attend a funeral.”My three children are still inside, at my neighbour’s house. I want to get them out,” she said. The clashes, some of the most intense since Syria’s new Islamist authorities took power, present another challenge as the country struggles on a new path after the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.Both sides have blamed the other for starting the violence in Aleppo.- ‘Fierce’ resistance -A flight suspension at Aleppo airport was extended until further notice.The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) control swathes of the country’s oil-rich north and northeast, much of which they captured during Syria’s civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group. But Turkey, a close ally of neighbouring Syria’s new leaders, views its main component as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which agreed last year to end its four-decade armed struggle against Ankara.Turkey has launched successive offensives to push Kurdish forces from the frontier.Elham Ahmad, a senior official in the Kurdish administration in Syria’s northeast, accused Syrian authorities of “choosing the path of war”. But he said the Kurds remained committed to agreements reached with Damascus.The March integration agreement was meant to be implemented last year, but differences, including Kurdish demands for decentralised rule, stymied progress as Damascus repeatedly rejected the idea.Nanar Hawach, senior Syria analyst at the International Crisis Group, said the renewed clashes cast doubt on the government’s ability to unite the country after years of civil war.Syria’s authorities have committed to protecting minorities, but sectarian bloodshed rocked the Alawite and Druze communities last year.burs-jj/acb

Rallies across US against shooting of woman by immigration agent

Thousands of demonstrators chanting the name of the woman killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis took to the city’s streets Saturday, amid widespread anger at use of force in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.Organizers said more than 1,000 events were planned across the US under the slogan “ICE, Out for Good” — referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that is drawing growing opposition over its execution of President Donald Trump’s effort at mass deportations. The slogan is also a reference to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother shot dead in her car by an ICE agent in the midwestern US city of Minneapolis on Wednesday. Thousands braved frigid weather and streamed toward a snow-covered park to mobilize near the scene of the shooting. They carried signs demanding “ICE OUT” of Minnesota.At the start of the protest, a voice called out, “Say her name!” The crowd shouted back: “Renee Good!”Her death has sparked strong emotions in this Democratic stronghold, and further afield. In Philadelphia, protesters marched in the rain from City Hall to the ICE field office. Others mobilized in New York, Washington and Boston. More protests were planned for Sunday. The calls to protest were being amplified by the “No Kings” movement, a network of left-wing organizations that mounted nationwide demonstrations against Trump last year.- ‘I’m not mad at you’ -The Trump administration has sought to paint Good as a “domestic terrorist,” insisting the agent who fatally shot her was acting in self-defense. This narrative is strongly disputed by local officials, who say footage shows Good’s vehicle was turning away from the agent and did not pose a threat. Cell phone footage apparently taken by the officer who fired the fatal shots shows him interacting with Good, who had blocked the road with her car in an apparent effort to impede the agents.He approaches and circles Good’s car, as she says to him: “I’m not mad at you.”After he passes in front of the car, another agent can be heard ordering Good to exit the vehicle before she tries to drive off and shots ring out.The agent filming the video can be heard saying “fucking bitch” at the end of the clip.The White House insisted the video gave weight to the officer’s claim of self-defense — even though the clip does not show the moment the car moved away, or him opening fire. – ‘Our rights are being taken away’ -Drew Lenzmeier, 30, said he joined the protest in Minneapolis “because I feel our rights are being taken away from us and we are turning into an authoritarian dictatorship.””No one is stopping the Trump administration from now murdering citizens and stealing, kidnapping human beings. It’s time to stop,” he said.On Friday evening, hundreds gathered noisily in front of Minneapolis hotels believed to be housing ICE agents, equipped with whistles, loudspeakers and musical instruments.Several people were arrested and then quickly released, according to police. Officials and residents in Minnesota have expressed concern that local law enforcement agencies have been shut out of the FBI investigation into Minneapolis shooting.According to The Trace, a media outlet focusing on gun violence, Good was the fourth person killed by federal immigration agents since the launch of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. Seven people have been injured.In a separate incident, two people were injured Thursday in Portland, Oregon, by shots fired by federal border police during a traffic stop.