The Hartford vigil was organized by a coalition that included the Connecticut Civil Liberties Defense Committee, the ACLU of Connecticut and Indivisible CT.

By Karla Ciaglo, CTNewsJunkie.com

A candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good outside the Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building in Hartford drew hundreds Thursday night calling for accountability and changes to federal immigration enforcement after an ICE agent shot and killed her in Minneapolis earlier this week. The gathering was briefly disrupted by a confrontation behind the courthouse in which several protesters were pepper sprayed.

Good, a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, was shot and killed during an encounter with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota on Wednesday. Federal officials have said officers feared for their lives, but video of the incident has fueled protests nationwide and drawn criticism from civil rights groups and elected officials.

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