(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump called Renee Nicole Macklin Good‘s actions before her death “pretty tough,” seemingly backing his administration’s interpretation of the highly contested ICE shooting in Minnesota.
Macklin Good’s father, a Trump supporter, is heartbroken that the administration labeled his daughter a “domestic terrorist” within hours of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shooting her last week, according to CBS.
“I want to say to the father that I love all of our people,” Trump said in an interview published Tuesday.
Federal officials have consistently claimed Jonathan Ross was justified in shooting Macklin Good, who they say was attempting to run him over. But activists and lawmakers alike in Minnesota contend she was merely trying to leave the scene when she reversed her vehicle.
Trump acknowledged footage of her shooting death “can be viewed two ways, I guess,” but said there are “a couple of versions of that tape that are very, very bad.”
“I would bet you that she, under normal circumstances, was a very solid, wonderful person,” he said. “But, you know, her actions were pretty tough.”
Minnesota ICE shooting: Protests continue, prosecutors resign
Trump’s comments come on the heels of heated protests in Minneapolis, where demonstrators are admonishing the use of force in Macklin Good’s case and calling for federal immigration agents to leave the city.
On Tuesday, federal immigration agents deployed at least four rounds of flashbangs on crowds outside an ICE facility. Protests outside the newly fenced-in Henry Whipple Federal Building also escalated throughout the day.
ICE officers were seen busting a woman’s car window, pulling her out and arresting her Tuesday after she tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding.
The woman said she was autistic and was trying to get to a doctor’s appointment.
The Trump administration officials have stressed that anyone who tries to stop or obstruct ICE officers is committing a felony.
Minnesota state and local officials have called the ongoing federal operation politically motivated and have sued the Trump administration to stop a further surge of personnel.
Meanwhile, six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned, citing pressure from the Justice Department to investigate Macklin Good’s widow and a lack of interest in investigating the shooting officer, according to the New York Times.
