At a politically charged time, it was also a politically charged Golden Globes ceremony.
Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, several celebrities wore pins reading “BE GOOD” and “ICE OUT”.
The anti-ICE pins were worn by the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, Natasha Lyonne, Jean Smart and Ariana Grande. Smart had the pin on her dress as she accepted the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series.
Since the shooting on Wednesday, protests have broken out across the US, calling for accountability for Good's death.
“We need every part of civil society, society to speak up,” said Nelini Stamp of Working Families Power, one of the organizers for the anti-ICE pins. “We need our artists. We need our entertainers. We need the folks who reflect society.”
The idea for the “ICE OUT” and “BIG GOOD” pins began with a late-night text exchange last week between Stamp and Jess Morales Rocketto, the executive director of a Latino advocacy group called Maremoto.
“There is a longstanding tradition of people who create art taking a stand for justice in moments,” Stamp said. “We’re going to continue that tradition.”
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.
Congressmembers have vowed an assertive response, and an FBI investigation 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. Vice President JD Vance called Good's death "a tragedy of her own making" and called her "a victim of left-wing ideology," while Donald Trump described Good as "very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defense." The footage of the tragedy seems to suggest otherwise.
Indeed, the "cover up" peddled by the Trump administration has been contested by eyewitnesses, journalists and Democratic Party lawmakers, with Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota governor Tim Walz calling on ICE to end their presence in the city.
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 LA area, calling for the officer responsible to be arrested.
