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Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good<\/a>, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n The black-and-white pins displayed slogans like \u201cBE GOOD\u201d and \u201cICE OUT,\u201d introducing a political angle into the awards show after last year\u2019s relatively apolitical ceremony.<\/p>\n Mark Ruffalo wore one such pin on the red carpet, and other celebrities were expected to have them on display as well.<\/p>\n Since the shooting Wednesday, protests have broken out across the country, calling for accountability for Good’s death as well as a separate shooting in Portland<\/a> where Border Patrol agents wounded two people. Some protests have resulted in clashes with law enforcement, especially in Minneapolis, where ICE is carrying out its largest immigration enforcement operation<\/a> to date.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need every part of civil society, society to speak up,\u201d said Nelini Stamp of Working Families Power, one of the organizers for the anti-ICE pins. \u201cWe need our artists. We need our entertainers. We need the folks who reflect society.\u201d<\/p>\n Congressmembers have vowed an assertive response<\/a>, and an FBI investigation<\/a> into Good’s killing is ongoing. The Trump administration has doubled down in defending the ICE officer’s actions, maintaining that he was acting in self-defense and thought Good would hit him with her car.<\/p>\n Just a week before Good was killed, an off-duty ICE officer fatally shot and killed 43-year-old Keith Porter in Los Angeles. His death sparked protests in the Los Angeles area, calling for the officer responsible to be arrested.<\/p>\n Organizers bring grassroots push to Golden Globes parties<\/p>\n The idea for the \u201cICE OUT\u201d pins began with a late-night text exchange earlier this week between Stamp and Jess Morales Rocketto, the executive director of a Latino advocacy group called Maremoto.<\/p>\n They know that high-profile cultural moments can introduce millions of viewers to social issues. This is the third year of Golden Globes activism for Morales Rocketto, who has previously rallied Hollywood to protest the Trump administration\u2019s family separation policies. Stamp said she always thinks of the 1973 Oscars, when Sacheen Littlefeather took Marlon Brando\u2019s place and declined his award to protest American entertainment\u2019s portrayal of Native Americans.<\/p>\n So, the two organizers began calling up the celebrities and influencers they knew, who in turn brought their campaign to the more prominent figures in their circles. That initial outreach included labor activist Ai-jen Poo, who walked the Golden Globes\u2019 red carpet in 2018 with Meryl Streep to highlight the Time\u2019s Up movement.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a longstanding tradition of people who create art taking a stand for justice in moments,\u201d Stamp said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue that tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n Allies of their movement have been attending the \u201cfancy events\u201d that take place in the days leading up to the Golden Globes, according to Stamp. They\u2019re passing out the pins at parties and distributing them to neighbors who will be attending tonight\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cThey put it in their purse and they\u2019re like, \u2018Hey would you wear this?\u2019 It\u2019s so grassroots,\u201d Morales Rocketto said.<\/p>\n The organizers pledged to continue the campaign throughout awards season to ensure the public knows the names of Good and others killed by ICE agents in shootings.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n