ICE Protests in Minneapolis: Parental Rights, Child Safety, and Federal Use of Force – EP19

ICE shooting in Minneapolis raises serious legal and constitutional questions. In this episode of The Boston Barrister, I examine the fatal January 7, 2026 shooting of Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation, the ongoing FBI investigation, and the growing tension between Minnesota state officials and federal authorities. I also discuss the St. Paul incident involving the detention of a U.S. citizen and the broader debate over excessive force, federal power, and constitutional rights. Finally, I address an important question: when parents bring children to volatile protests, does that create potential legal concerns about child safety? As always, we return to the foundation of our republic, the United States Constitution and the principle of We the People. Here is what you’ll learn: The legal issues surrounding the Minneapolis ICE shooting investigation What excessive force means under federal law The constitutional right to protest and its limits Federal versus state authority in law enforcement operations When child safety concerns could become a legal issue CONNECT WITH US ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Website: https://kevinseaverlaw.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawOfficeOfKevinPatrickSeaver/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawofficeofkevinseaver/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-law-office-of-kevin-patrick-seaver/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvt_ckAv7fDcHw1Rb4sVV0Q/featured TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@attorneykevinseaver DisclaimerThis video is not intended as legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please consult a lawyer regarding your legal issue. Keywords:ICE shooting MinneapolisRenee Nicole Good caseICE use of forceMinneapolis ICE investigationFBI investigation ICESt. Paul ICE incidentconstitutional right to protestexcessive force lawfederal vs state authoritychild safety at protestsUnited States Constitution rights dcflawyer #dcf #familylaw #massachusettslaw #dcfdefense #parentalrights #substanceabuse Since 1991 Boston attorney Kevin Patrick Seaver has specialized in family law, including divorce and fighting false child abuse allegations and getting DCF cases closed once and for all. Giving parents freedom and happiness. [email protected] Transcript:Welcome to the Boston Barista. My name is Kevin Patrick Seaver . I am located in Boston, Massachusetts. This week’s episode is about Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the ICE event. ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On January 7th, 2026, not a very good Happy New Year, Renee Nicole Good, age 37 years old, when she was sought by a ICE agent. She was struck in her head, transported to the hospital where she died. She had three children, ages 15, 12, and a six-year-old. She had just dropped off at school prior to the incident. Her authorities have stated that the agent fired because he feared for his safety, claiming that the vehicle that Renee was driving was weaponized. Local authorities in witness dispute this characterization by the federal government as to what did or did not happen. The FBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has taken the lead on investigating this situation. It says limited state access in Minnesota to evidence. This is causing tension with the state authorities in Minnesota and the federal government. It’s reported that there are thousands of ICE agents in the Minnesota state. They are arresting and deporting individuals due to immigration violations. January 19th, 2026, there was another incident. ICE agents entered into a St. Paul home without a search warrant. They detained the home owner. The owner’s name was Chung-Li Tao. Home owner was in briefs and crocs in sub-zero temperatures. Then they later found out he was, oops, a U.S. citizen, and they released him. Officials in Minnesota said it was excessive use of force and wrongful detention. There has been some serious political and public reaction to all of this, resulting in protesters and hostile feelings, attitudes, and actions towards the federal ICE agents. The question this week on The Boston Barista is, parents and adults have the right to protest. It’s been in our DNA since a fight with the Revolutionary War with the King of England, who was doing all types of things he wasn’t supposed to, and our patriots, as they were called, pushed back and fought back. Resulting in the shot that was heard around the war, the shot that was heard around the world at Lexington Concord, which started the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. In America, we won the war, therefore we got the right to history. But make no mistake about it that if England had won the American Revolutionary War, the first people to be hung would have been all those that were on the Declaration of Independence, and especially John Hancock, who wrote his signature on the Declaration of Independence so large that King George could read it without putting his reading glasses on. The right to protest and demonstrate against our government is as old as this country’s United States Constitution. Rights should be zealously upheld, implemented, and executed. The question now becomes, however, when parents protest and demonstrate, and they deal with their children, are they not being negligent by endangering possibly their children and putting their children on the way? And you say child protective services were going to a protest or a demonstration with their stories of national reporting on ICE protests. Demonstrations following the Renee Nicole Good fatal shooting had stated they were mothers with children carrying them in carriers among the demonstrators. The unfortunate and untimely death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota demonstrates that the situation has become very volatile and dangerous. Now the question becomes, it begs the question, what are mothers doing with their children and some with their babies in baby carriers out demonstrating and protesting against the ICE agents? And this now begs the question, should the children be left at home in the mothers’ protests without their children, therefore keeping them safe, not in harm’s way? On the other hand, forget the mothers with the children. Where does ICE fall into this? Our federal government shooting American citizens on American land, what’s with that? What are we doing, folks? This is crazy. It’s the problem with your for or against ICE agents. They’re doing their job, right? But, however, when does that cross the line of excessive force? What does it cross the line that people have the right to demonstrate and to protest our government? I get it if you hear it illegal, get it, OK? You’re out of here, you deport it. They’re going to send you elsewhere. However, at what cost to our citizens and to our freedoms and our liberties and to our country? I hate to say this, but if your child protective services, what are mothers doing at a protest demonstrating that their children and are these children in harm’s way and not safe? If so, is that neglect? Remember, one of the greatest documents ever written is the US Constitution, which reads, “We the People.”