Calls mount to 'rise up' as doctors speak out against 'grotesque' ICE acts
Calls to "rise up" against the tactics Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are using grew louder on Tuesday after a group of Minneapolis-area doctors spoke out about abuses they've seen.
The press conference was organized by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, a local advocacy group, and was attended by chapter members and local lawmakers. Matt Klein, a former physician running for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s 2nd District, spoke about the recent killing of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother who was leaving the scene of an ICE raid in her car when ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot her.
"I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse eight minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent," Klein said. "And yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone behind me here as we try to fulfill our oath and duty to care for the people of Minnesota."
Klein's comments sparked outrage online.
"Rise up," ex-IMF economist Tony Annett posted on X.
"I was condescendingly advised by a number of ghouls in my [timeline] that it’s more important to secure the incident scene and wait for paramedics to arrive than to allow a Good Samaritan physician on the scene to try to save the life of someone who’s been shot by a [law enforcement officer]," Clark Neily, senior vice president at the CATO Institute, posted on X. "Grotesque."
"That denial sounds like a crime," trial attorney Stephen Zapiler posted on X.
"Holy crap. ICE is evil. Period," former professional tennis player Martina Navratilova posted on X.