Returning to the site of last summer’s No Kings protest, hundreds in Raleigh lined Capital Boulevard Sunday afternoon to demonstrate against an ICE agent’s killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

On Wednesday, videos of Good being fatally shot in her SUV by an ICE agent circulated widely on social media, becoming the latest political flashpoint amid the escalation of immigration enforcement.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Good of ramming into the ICE agent, calling the shooting self-defense. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, pushed back on the federal government’s characterization of Good’s actions.

The killing ignited protests across the country, including several over the weekend in the Triangle in Durham, Downtown Raleigh and on Capital Boulevard. Sunday’s protest grew to about 300 people along the highway, nearly everyone carrying a sign denouncing Good’s death, like “It was murder,” and “You can’t lie to me — I saw the video.”

Betty Parker of Raleigh stood with a small American flag and made a Peace sign with her hand to passing cars. She has been attending protests several times per year since Donald Trump was inaugurated, starting during his first term with the Women’s March in Washington D.C. in early 2017.

Of the crowd assembled Sunday in Raleigh, Parker said she felt a groundswell of opposition to the ICE actions.

“Every one, I feel a little more hopeful,” Parker said of the protests. “Clearly everything that’s gone on since the first (Donald Trump) administration has defied all expectations. With each protest, people are growing more confident in standing up and making their voices heard. But this isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.”

Having seen the video of the killing of Good, a mother of three, Parker said she felt the country’s laws were being ignored.

“What is happened is the total disregard of the rules and laws of our country,” she said.

Tammy Pacenza held up a sign reading “It was murder” written out in skinny marker on a white poster board.

“I had to be here to make my voice heard,” she said. “I come to these things when I feel like I need to—I can’t just sit at home, I want to be a good citizen. And I saw that video hundreds of times on every network and it was murder.”

Traffic continued to flow unimpeded along the busy suburban stretch of Capital Boulevard, flanked by big box stores and the Triangle Town Center. Horns from passing cars often honked in support, from convertible sports cars to semi-trucks. A dissenting driver in a Cybertruck honked while holding up a middle finger to protesters and a passenger filmed the crowd.

Tom Pawlak dressed in a blue jacket in the style of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, complete with a Tricorne hat.

“This is our moment to look ourselves in the mirror as a country and as a people, and bring love back,” Pawlak said.

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