{"id":221863,"date":"2026-01-11T18:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/01\/11\/dave-matthews-blasts-trump-administration-and-ice-after-minnesota-shooting-these-are-dark-times\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:11:48","slug":"dave-matthews-blasts-trump-administration-and-ice-after-minnesota-shooting-these-are-dark-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/01\/11\/dave-matthews-blasts-trump-administration-and-ice-after-minnesota-shooting-these-are-dark-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Matthews Blasts Trump Administration and ICE After Minnesota Shooting: \u2018These Are Dark\u00a0Times\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tDave Matthews<\/a> is taking aim at the Trump administration in a fiery message following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 59-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee shared a lengthy Instagram<\/a> video on Friday (Jan. 9), criticizing President Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Good was killed by an ICE officer earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJohn Mulaney Postpones Minneapolis Shows Following ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good: \u2018What\u2019s Happening in Your City Is Heartbreaking\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t want my taxes to pay for ICE, to masked thugs to roam our streets and terrorize our communities and rip families apart,\u201d Matthews said while walking through his neighborhood on his birthday. \u201cWe should be taking care of each other. We should be minding each other. We should be housing the homeless. We shouldn\u2019t be, you know, throwing people to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe clip comes after the Wednesday (Jan. 7) death of 37-year-old Good, who was shot while in her car during an ICE operation. Footage from the incident shows that seconds before the shooting, Good tried to drive away from the confrontation. Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have said she was attempting to \u201crun over\u201d<\/a> the officer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhich brings me to Renee Nicole Good,\u201d Matthews continued. \u201cMurdered in front of her fellow citizens in Minneapolis, murdered in the streets. And no matter what narrative this administration is trying to sell us, we can see the videos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added, \u201cMaybe if they show you one and they slow it down and they tell you where to look, you might think, maybe there\u2019s a chance, maybe there\u2019s a chance that the gunman was felt threatened. But from most angles, near and far, it looks like she was trying to get away, and he shot her three times in the head, murdered in cold blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the wake of Good\u2019s death, Minneapolis residents have rallied to mourn her and protest ICE\u2019s presence in the city. Mayor Jacob Frey called for federal agents<\/a> to leave, saying, \u201cThis was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMatthews also criticized U.S. military operations in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro \u201cto steal their natural resources,\u201d as well as Trump \u201cthreatening to do it to other countries, claiming somehow sovereign nations belong to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer-songwriter closed the video by calling members of the Trump administration \u201cdeeply dishonest people,\u201d adding, \u201cThese are dark times. F\u2014k ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Matthews\u2019 full video on Instagram below.<\/p>\n

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