Washington, Jan 8 (EFE). - U.S. Vice President JD Vance stated on Thursday that the immigration agent who killed a woman the previous day in the city of Minneapolis (Minnesota) 'is protected by absolute immunity' and accused the deceased of being an activist, a 'victim of left-wing ideology,' who tried to run over the officer with her vehicle. 'This is a federal law enforcement agent participating in a federal police operation. I have never seen a case so misrepresented and so poorly informed,' he said at a press conference at the White House, in line with previous attacks by the Administration on the media. 'That same ICE agent almost lost his life six months ago, when he was dragged by a car, and received 33 stitches in his leg. It's a federal matter. Nobody disputes that.' 'So, do you think I might be a little sensitive to the idea of someone ramming me with a car?' he added. Vance also repeated Trump's accusations against the deceased, a 37-year-old American identified as Renee Good, whom the president called a 'professional agitator.' Members of the Republican government, such as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, have accused Good of 'domestic terrorism' because, they claim, she was about to run over agents with her car. However, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey denied this version, stating that the officers unjustifiably killed her. 'We have the case of a woman who drove her car toward a police officer and stepped on the gas. He was doing his duty,' Vance said. The president's number two, Donald Trump, attacked Minnesota Governor and former Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, accusing him of 'pursuing' the agent and 'making his life impossible for having done the job he was assigned to.' He also accused the press of distorting the facts. 'That individual is protected by absolute immunity. I can consider her death a tragedy and, at the same time, recognize that it is a tragedy caused by herself,' Vance said this Thursday, even though the investigation into the incident is still ongoing. Good died on Wednesday after being shot by an agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while maneuvering her car during a migration raid, framed in the campaign ordered by Trump in that Midwestern U.S. state. The incident has escalated the already existing protests against ICE in Minneapolis, where at least eight people were detained this Thursday at the start of the second day of demonstrations over the woman's death, according to several witnesses who confirmed to EFE. Governor Walz declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and asked his National Guard to prepare to respond to the demonstrations, while the city's public schools have canceled classes for the rest of the week for safety reasons. The entry 'JD Vance says the agent who killed the woman in Minneapolis has 'absolute immunity'' was first published in La Verdad Panamá.
