A majority of American voters say the fatal Jan. 7 shooting of a demonstrator by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official should not have happened, according to a new national poll.
In a survey by Quinnipiac University, days after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis, 53% said the shooting was not justified, and 35% said it was. Another 12% of respondents did not state an opinion.
"The majority say the shots should not have been fired by the ICE agent," Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement. "While more than one-third believe the shooting was justified."
The poll queried 1,133 self-identified registered voters. It has a margin of error of ± 3.7 percentage points.
Pollsters collected opinions over the course of four days starting on Jan. 8, including during weekend protests that erupted across the nation where protesters decried Good's death. Uproar over the incident has grown in the last week: lawmakers have called for the arrest of the officer behind the shooting, Jonathan Ross, and local leaders disputed federal officials' account of what prompted the shooting and their handling of the investigation.
