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- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
- The Trump administration has defended the ICE officer’s actions, saying he fired in self-defense while standing in front of Good’s vehicle as it began to move forward.
- That explanation has been panned by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Gov.
- Tim Walz and others based on videos of the confrontation. Hirschfeld's speech cited several historical clergy members who had risked their lives to protect others, including mentioning New Hampshire seminary student Jonathan Daniels, who was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in Alabama while shielding a young Black civil rights activist in 1965.“I have told the clergy of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire that we may be entering into that same witness,” Hirschfeld said.
- “And I’ve asked them to get their affairs in order, to make sure they have their wills written, because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies, to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable.”Hirschfeld did not call for violence, but instead said people of Christian faith should not fear death. Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Active-duty soldiers on standby, sources sayJan 17, 9:30 PMMajority of Americans say ICE agent’s shooting of Good was unjustified, inappropriateJan 15, 5:21 PMState Department warns US citizens to leave VenezuelaJan 11, 10:28 PM“Those of us who are ready to build a new world, we also have to be prepared,” he said.
