CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Demonstrators braved the cold to peacefully protest the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent this week.
Most wearing black, nearly 300 people held signs during the silent vigil along Eighth Avenue and Second Street SE, punctuated by cars honking in support and the toll of a single bell.
With temperatures hovering around freezing, demonstrators silently gripped signs in the cold wind stating “ICE out now,” “Justice for Renee Good,” “No ICE” and more. Some also referenced Keith Porter, a black American citizen killed by an off-duty ICE agent in Los Angeles.
“One of us died, and this is what I felt symbolized remembrance and mourning,” retiree David Krueger of Cedar Rapids said of ringing a hand bell during the vigil.
David Krueger of Cedar Rapids rings a bell at the end of the vigil on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Reports have cited Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross as shooting and killing Good, 37, a mother of three, after confronting her in her vehicle Wednesday, Jan. 7, in Minneapolis. Video shows Good smiling at the agent and saying she wasn’t mad at him shortly before she was shot.
Anti-ICE rallies were held in Minneapolis in the following days and throughout the country on Saturday.
Cedar Rapids police stopped Todd Reed of Cedar Rapids as he directed traffic after the vigil. Reed is with Indivisible Iowa Linn County Metro, which organized the event.
After standing outside, demonstrators drove in a procession through Cedar Rapids “to symbolize collective mourning and resistance to state violence.”
See photos from a past demonstration and more from today’s vigil, below:
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