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CHICAGO — On Sunday, the Chicago region saw its second consecutive day of protests in response to the controversial use-of-force by federal agents that resulted in the death of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota last week.
Organized by the Indivisible Chicago Alliance, approximately 20 protests were held throughout Illinois in remembrance of Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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Despite the outcry, Trump administration officials maintained their stance on Sunday, asserting that Good posed a threat by using her vehicle as a weapon against the agents.
The day’s demonstrations began quietly, with a morning march on the 606 trail near Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, where dozens of protesters gathered in silence.
Other protests took place in Elk Grove Village, where participants observed a moment of silence, and in Arlington Heights, where demonstrators lined the streets and received supportive honks from passing drivers.
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“You will see more and more folks who have been on the sidelines, saying, ‘It’s not that bad.’ I think they will hopefully be out here and saying, ‘This is not what I want to be a part of,’” said Paul Budin, who participated in the Arlington Heights demonstration.
Janet McCarthy also attended the Arlington Heights protest.
“We never thought we’d be here this early in 2026. We are here for everyone in this town. We are here for everyone in this country. We are here for the Good family,” McCarthy said.
From the city to the suburbs, those turning out carried signs with slogans like “Good always wins,” “Ice out 4 Good,” and “arrest ICE agent Jonathan Ross for murder now” as protesters seek accountability for what they say was the unprovoked murder of the 37-year-old poet and mother.
“We all have seen with our own eyes exactly what happened from multiple different directions, and it’s very, very clear,” said Trish Gyorey with Indivisible Chicago.
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But on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem once again called Good a domestic terrorist who, she says, was interfering with agent’s law enforcement activities as she blocked the road with her vehicle.
“If you look at what the definition of domestic terrorism is, it completely fits this situation on the ground,” Noem said. “This officer was hit by her vehicle. She weaponized it and he defended himself and those colleagues around him and the public.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also made his Sunday morning rounds, saying, “There should, in fact, be due process. That’s not something the Trump administration believes in…. The president is not following the law. Kristi Noem needs to resign or be impeached.”
This comes after demonstrators also took to the streets on Saturday.
In all, more than 1,000 protests happened across the country this weekend. Tens of thousands of people came out in Minneapolis alone.
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