Sunday, Jan. 11, Hyattsville residents gathered to hold a vigil and demonstration in memory of Renee Nicole Good and read the names of 30 others who they said died at the hands of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or in ICE detention in recent years.
Organizers say 350 people gathered at the empty Prince George’s County Services Building along Route 1 near the Hyattsville District Courthouse. The Rapid Response Choir, a local activist choir, performed, as did Hyattsville musicians Pete Daniels and Lee Cain.
An ICE officer shot Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis after officers told her to get out of her car and she attempted to drive away, according to multiple reports.
Indivisible Route 1 Corridor, a local chapter of a national group opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda, organized the event.
“ICE and CBP have endangered our Route 1 communities. Weekly, sometimes daily, we learn of neighbors violently ripped from their families, leaving behind loved ones terrified to go to work, to school, or even the grocery store. We demand justice for the people who have been murdered, and for these families who’ve been ripped apart,” said Laura Usher, a spokesperson for the group.
Organizers unfurled a giant banner saying “ICE OUT FOR GOOD.”
County Councilmember Wanika Fisher (District 2) was among the attendees.