On Wednesday, nearly 300 people protested against Immigration and Customs Enforcement at multiple events in Chattanooga after Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by ICE officers in two separate incidents in Minneapolis this month.
Around 150 people stood at the intersection of Ringgold Road and South Moore Road in East Ridge while another 130 gathered on Signal Mountain holding signs that said “Alex,” “ICE out,” “Renee Good should be alive,” and “ICE cold killers.”
About the same time, across the city another 100 people attended a Hamilton County Commission meeting to protest the county’s involvement with federal immigration enforcement.
The local protests are a response to the ICE operation in Minneapolis. Thousands of officers were deployed in January as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration.