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Protests continue nationwide in the wake of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. That includes Phoenix, where a crowd gathered for the second time in as many nights on Thursday to denounce the killing of a 37-year-old U.
More than a dozen vigils, protests and other actions are planned Jan. 10 and 11 in cities and communities across Arizona in response to a fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
Protests occurred in Phoenix against a U.S. military strike in Venezuela; demonstrators chanted for peace, while some Venezuelan expatriates in Miami celebrated the potential for change.
Protests against ICE and the Trump administration took place across the country Saturday, including here in Arizona, where one of the largest demonstrations unfolded in Tempe.
Protesters gathered at the Arizona State Capitol to oppose the U.S. strike on Venezuela, while a Venezuelan native expressed tears of joy.
Beyond the moisture, the air felt different on Wednesday night. Eight hours earlier, and more than 1,600 miles northeast in Minneapolis, an ICE agent shot and killed a U.S. citizen in her car in the middle of a snowy residential street. Renee Nicole Good’s killing was captured on video, sparking outrage across the country.
Over 100 people rallied at ASU to support Iranian protesters, amidst reports of 16,700 detentions and 2,000 deaths in Iran.