ICE Self-Defense Shooting in Minnealpolis Leads to Riots Nationwide - Brendan Ecker's Take

Dive into the explosive events of January 7, 2026: An ICE agent fatally shoots 37-year-old Renee Good during an immigration operation in Minneapolis, igniting nationwide protests and riots echoing 2020. But is this just coincidence? We connect the dots to Minnesota Gov.

Tim Walz's massive $9B+ Medicaid fraud scandal – involving Somali networks, overseas siphoning, and alleged oversight failures that fueled local tensions.Explore how federal probes, House Oversight hearings, and Walz's reelection dropout tie into this unrest. Is domestic rot distracting from global shifts like the Maduro raid? Get the full geopolitical analysis, facts verified, and stay vigilant.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Protest Clash And Self-Defense Claim
• 0:37 Appeals To Minnesotans For Calm
• 1:06 State Response And Guard Readiness
• 1:52 Deadly Force Justification
• 3:34 Motives, Funding, And Public Safety
• 4:54 Closing Praise And Rallying Support

Transcript

Brendan: 0:00

Today, an ICE agent neutralized an assailant who tried to run them over during a protest in Minneapolis. And this has now led to Tim Walz and all of the Democrat politicians rallying up against the MAGA base, against ICE, against the very people who are risking their lives, trying to trying to keep us safe, trying to deport illegal immigrants, which is their job.

Tim Walz: 0:37

To Minnesotans, I say this: I feel your anger. I'm angry. They want a show. We can't give it to them. We cannot. If you protest and express your First Amendment rights, please do so peacefully as you always do. As you always do. As you always do. We can't give them what they want. The hearts and minds of the people in this state are on our side. To Americans, I ask you this: please stand with Minneapolis. To Minnesotans, know that our administration is going to stop at nothing to seek accountability and justice. The State Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are working on the investigation. We have activated the State Emergency Operations Center. State Patrol of Minnesota National Guard leadership is connected with the Minneapolis Police Department, the St. Paul Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, the DNR, and Minnesota's Homeland Security and Emergency Management. We have activated dozens of members of the State Patrol's mobile response team. And from here on, I have a very simple message. We do not need any further help from the federal government. To Donald Trump and Christine Olm, you've done enough. There's nothing more important than Minnesotan safety. I've issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard. We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary. I remind you, a warning order is a heads up for folks. And these National Guard troops are our National Guard troops. They're teachers in your community, they're business owners, they're construction professionals, they are Minnesotans. Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight. We will not take the bait. We will continue to update you, Minnesota, as we get more information.

Brendan: 1:52

And so, what do they get in repayment? They are being called mass murderers now. But they're not. This is called self-defense. As a police officer myself, I can tell you this is self-defense. When somebody's standing or when somebody is driving taking a vehicle and with intent to run you over and kill you when you are a uniformed officer of the law, that is attempted murder. And so, according to the Deadly Force Continuum, that officer had every right to take that shot. That officer had every right to defend his own life. And you would too. So at the end of the day, what are we gonna do? We're gonna allow these politicians to just tell us, oh, you can't defend yourself anymore. That's what this is all about. And also, this is after Tim Walz has been exposed for the $250 million daycare fraud, the Somali daycare fraud that Nick Shirley just exposed. So we have all these things happening. Again, January 7th, one day after January 6th, interesting developments. And then at the same time, now we have action being taken against Trump. And this all happens after the Maduro raid, by the way, where U.S. captured Maduro through the 160th Special Aviation Regiments. So all these things are happening. What a crazy week for 2026. What is the agenda they have planned? Do they want order out of chaos or do they want us to panic? Do they want us to ask questions? Do they want these people to be exposed? Elon Musk has been in agreement that the ICE agent today who had to neutralize that assailant, he did so in self-defense and he did the right thing. And as an officer myself, I would have done the same thing. If I'm trying to apprehend a suspect in a moving vehicle and they try to run me over, and I have no time to react, there's no nothing else I can do to stay alive, then I'm gonna pull my firearm and I'm gonna have to neutralize that assailant. If I have no other options, and that's the thing. But this officer didn't have any other options. He really didn't. He could have dived out of the way, maybe. And that's a maybe, even in that case. That's what are we doing? We're arguing and letting the evil people who are out here trying to run over police officers who to create order out of chaos, probably all Soros funded people. But like, who is this lady who did this? Who is the lady? Well, she's an she's an American US citizen. Okay, but like what cause is she fighting for? Who's funding her? Why was she here? What is her what does her social media look like? You know, and that's that's all of these people. So this is extremely dangerous, and we need to act against it. And at the end of the day, the United States deserves to be a safe place for people to live. We don't need this. We don't need, we don't deserve to live like this. We don't need to live like this. We can have so much more. And over many, many decades, we've had politicians who have really just sold us out. As an author myself, as a police officer who has experience with these kinds of people, I can tell you these are dangerous people that these officers are dealing with, that these ICE agents are dealing with. So God bless our ICE agents. Glad they're okay. And at the end of the day, they did the right thing. Our ICE agents are heroes, our law enforcement officers are heroes, God bless them, and everyone is out there. Like share, subscribe, and seeing us.