Feels like 2020 again: Women killed by ICE is painful reminder of George Floyd

There are lots of reactions in the press after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was killed by immigration authorities ICE in the city of Minneapolis. The Canadian paper The Globe and Mail headlines with a picture captioned "Killing roils Minneapolis." The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that thousands of people gathered in the city to memorialise Good, who had a six-year-old son. Her death came amidst anti-ICE protests in the city.

Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem and ICE have said ICE agents were acting in self-defence, arguing that that Good attempted to run over and ram them with her vehicle. In an opinion piece, journalist Phil Morris calls Good's death "tragically predictable", accusing the federal government of "turning Minnesota into a testing ground for the most aggressive street-level immigration enforcement yet deployed". In another opinion piece, journalist Jennifer Brooks says the vigils held after Good's death are a painful reminder of 2020. Indeed, Minneapolis is also synonymous with another tragic death – that of George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer. His death sparked nationwide protests against racially-motivated police brutality. The conservative magazine National Review columnist says that Good appeared to be just trying to get away and in the process swiped her car in the agent's direction. At the same time, he argues that she didn’t appear to be trying to avoid running the agent over either, which will make prosecuting her death a tricky legal affair.

Denmark is seething as US President Donald Trump mulls a bid to brazenly buy Greenland. Tensions are also mounting between Trump and European leaders. Europe's response was muted as first, but they have scrambled to respond, issuing a statement defending Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland. One writer for the Christian Science Monitor says that in reality there's very little Europe can do to stop the US in its pursuit of Greenland, other than using diplomacy. Politico offers some other options to mitigate this situation. Option 1: They could negotiate a settlement that gives Trump what he sees as a win and allow Denmark and Greenland to save face. Option 2: Give Greenland a ton of cash. Option 3: Boots on the ground. Option 4: "The anti-coercion instrument" that would allow the EU to retaliate by imposing penalties against any country using coercion against it.

An article from The New York Times says that Trump may not even need diplomacy – a legal loophole could allow the US to take control of Greenland. Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the US is allowed to construct, install, maintain and operate military bases, house personnel, control operations of ships, aircraft and waterborne aircraft. It pretty much gives the US free rein over the island if "they ask nicely!" Purchasing Greenland, however, is a different story. Denmark can't sell Greenland – Greenlanders must decide for themselves and a recent survey showed 85 percent of them were against it. Furthermore, if it's the minerals that the US wants, then once again, the US just needs to ask nicely – Greenland has said it is open to doing business with just about anyone.

Finally, things got woolly in Germany's Bavaria region recently when a flock of sheep invaded a local supermarket. The Daily Mail reports it was shear mania in Germany's Baa-varia as dozens of hungry sheep entered the supermarket by force. They caused utter chaos as they rammed their way through the aisles. They spent about 20 minutes there after mistaking a shopping bag for a feed bag. Afterwards, they ewe-turned back outside. The woolly invaders even managed to bag a year's supply of free food – as thanks for the free publicity the supermarket got from the viral videos! 

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