Chapel Hill protest after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

A group gathered in Chapel Hill to protest a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon.
Posted 1/8/2026, 5:15:00 PM Updated 1/8/2026, 10:35:35 PM

GET FROM CHAPEL HILL TO I-40

CONSIDER USING 55. OH, YEAH.

THAT IS A MESS. BRIAN, THANK

YOU. SKY 5 WAS OVER SOME

DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY GATHER

AGAIN IN CHAPEL HILL THIS

MORNING. THEY WERE PROTESTING.

>> THAT FATAL SHOOTING IN

MINNEAPOLIS, WRAL'S FLYNN,

SNYDER WAS THERE AND HAS THE

GROWING LOCAL REACTION.

>> DEMONSTRATORS WERE

ORIGINALLY SET TO GATHER HERE

TO PROTEST THE US'S ACTIONS IN

VENEZUELA. BUT AFTER THE

SHOOTING YESTERDAY IN

MINNEAPOLIS, THE FOCUS SHIFTED.

>> THE REACTION WAS SWIFT HOURS

BEFORE BIDEN SAID AND REALLY

OUTRAGED. MANY PROTESTERS LINED

PEACE AND JUSTICE PLAZA IN

CHAPEL HILL HOLDING SIGNS THAT

CALLED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER

THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A LIMO

GOODING JR. PLUS 5 HIGH STATUS

WEDNESDAY.

>> I FORCE MYSELF TO WATCH THE

VIDEO AND I CAN SEE NO

JUSTIFICATION FOR WHAT

HAPPENED. IN A STATEMENT, A

SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NORTH

CAROLINA GOP SAYS THE VIDEO OF

THE INCIDENT IN MINNEAPOLIS

SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE FAR-LEFT

NEEDS TO STOP OBSTRUCTING AND

CAUSING CHAOS AND COMMUNITIES

HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND

ACROSS THE COUNTRY OFFICIALS

WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY SAY THE SHOOTING WAS A

DEFENSIVE MEASURE TO PROTECT

AGENTS. THE AGENCY DID NOT

IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO WRAL'S

REQUEST FOR COMMENT ABOUT THE

PROTEST FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT

TO THE BODY'S REACTION TO AGREE

WITH THAT. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IF ANYBODY SAW THE FILM, I

MEAN, I'M NO EXPERT ON ANY OF

IT BE EVEN I CAN SEE THAT THERE

WAS NO DANGER FOR THEM AT ALL.

SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS ARE

PLANNED LATER THIS EVENING IN

DURHAM AND FAYETTEVILLE.

>> WHAT SIDE ARE WRAL NEWS IN

CHAPEL HILL.

>> THE TRIANGLE BRANCH OF THE

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE