One of the campaigns exists “to support any of our ICE hero’s personal costs, family protection, and anything else related to this righteous act of duty.”
Update: As of Monday afternoon, the GiveSendGo fundraiser has received $170,896, and the GoFundMe fundraiser has received $429,470.
Multiple fundraiser campaigns have been launched to support a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in the shooting of a woman during a law enforcement operation in Minneapolis that resulted in her death.
The GiveSendGo fundraiser describes the officer as brave after he acted “to stop a deadly attack.” The campaign says the officer was engaged in a federal immigration enforcement action when “their vehicles got stuck in the snow” and an individual weaponized her car against him.
“One American hero ICE officer didn’t hesitate,” the fundraiser says, noting that he “fired in self-defense to neutralize the threat, saving lives and upholding the law.”
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Federal officials, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, have defended the officer’s actions, noting he acted in self-defense after being struck by the vehicle and that his response was justified. DHS has called the incident a violent attack on law enforcement officers. State and local officials dispute this, with some witnesses saying the woman’s vehicle was turning away when shots were fired. Video evidence does not support this.
The campaign exists “to support any of our ICE hero’s personal costs, family protection, and anything else related to this righteous act of duty.” Supporters on the page describe the officer as a defender of the rule of law. The campaign also calls critics and politicians opposed to ICE “want to let invaders overrun us unchecked,” and pledges that donations are a way to “send a message that we back the men removing illegals and invaders from our soil.”
The woman who was shot has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident who, according to reporting by the New York Post, participated in local “ICE Watch.”
A GoFundMe has also been launched, with a descriptor of the fundraiser reading, "After seeing all the media bs about a domestic terrorist getting go fund me. I feel that the officer that was 1000 percent justified in the shooting deserves to have a go fund me. Funds will go to help him."
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