Photos of Renee Nicole Good are displayed near a makeshift memorial for Good, who was killed Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minn. (Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images)
CROCKETT WARNS OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS OVER ICE SHOOTING: 'STATE-SANCTIONED EXECUTION'
Members used threats and violence in an attempt to restore White supremacy, spreading terror across the South with little risk of prosecution, according to the National Park Service (NPS) website.
Congress took action to prosecute Klansmen in the 1870s, but there was a resurgence in 1915, near Atlanta, Georgia, with a new focus on anti-immigration, anti-Catholicism, prohibition and antisemitism.
Researchers estimate that there are as many as 150 Klan chapters currently active in the U.S., with between 5,000 and 8,000 members nationwide, according to the NPS.
An anti-ICE agitator faces a Border Patrol federal agent during a demonstration Thursday outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Minn. (Tim Evans/Reuters)
JONATHAN TURLEY SLAMS MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR'S 'RECKLESS' RESPONSE TO ICE SHOOTING
Footage taken by the agent who was allegedly targeted by the SUV showed another ICE agent approaching Good's stopped SUV, attempting to open the driver's side door, before the car lunged forward toward him.
Democrats initially claimed the woman was not trying to hit the federal agent, labeling the shooting a "murder."
"[The ICE agent] properly defended himself from being run over by organized leftist protesters who were impeding an active law enforcement operation," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a social media post, referencing the newly released video. "The reason trust in the media is at an all-time low is because they intentionally lie to the public to advance the Democrats’ narrative. That’s exactly what they did in this case in Minnesota."
Protesters in an anti-ICE rally march towards One World Trade Center in New York City, Thursday. (Nikolas Lanum/Fox News Digital)
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Fox News Digital's Julia Bonavita and Alexic McAdams contributed to this report.
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