Less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot while allegedly blocking an ICE operation in Minneapolis, new video shows another confrontation in Minnesota as anti-ICE agitators gathered and tried to stop federal agents.
In the footage, federal agents on Tuesday break the passenger-side window of a vehicle as they attempt to stop a woman who appears to be using her car to block a roadway. The driver—who has not been publicly identified—seems to wedge agents between her vehicle and another car also positioned to obstruct traffic.
As the scene escalates, voices in the crowd can be heard shouting, “Go, go, go, go, go.” The woman is then pulled from the car while gripping the driver’s-side door. Agents push her against the vehicle and place her in handcuffs while onlookers yell, “stop,” “that’s so f—– up,” and “all you do is hurt.”
Moments later, agitators wearing black hoodies and gas masks are seen striking federal vehicles. Authorities deploy tear gas, pepper balls, and pepper spray in an effort to regain control of the crowd.
“Nazis,” someone in the crowd yells. “You will pay for your crimes.”
Additional video shows multiple people being detained in the snow while others film the arrests on their phones.
Around the same time, a separate group of roughly 70 to 80 protesters gathered at Minneapolis’ Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building. Video from that area shows people blocking federal agents’ vehicles and throwing rocks. In one clip, a person appears to open the rear of a federal vehicle as it drives away. Another individual was arrested after allegedly throwing water bottles and kicking agents’ cars.
Marcos Charles, ICE ERO acting executive associate director, told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Tuesday that 60 agitators have been charged in Minnesota over the past five days for allegedly impeding or assaulting immigration agents.
“We will be arresting anybody that interferes or impedes in any of these enforcement actions,” Charles said. “We’ve already arrested 60 … that have got in our way, impeded us or assaulted an officer.”
Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have blamed the Trump administration for unrest following Good’s death and have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the ongoing federal immigration enforcement surge.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said the Department of Homeland Security’s law enforcement actions have caused “serious harm” to the state, calling the operations a “federal invasion.”
“DHS agents have sown chaos and terror across the metropolitan area,” Ellison said. “Schools have gone [into] lockdown. Entire districts have had to cancel school for tens of thousands of students to ensure safety and offer online education. … Revenues are down, and some retail stores, daycares and restaurants have actually closed because people are afraid to go out.”
DHS officials disputed that characterization, accusing Minnesota leaders of undermining public safety and obstructing federal law enforcement.
“Keith Ellison made it abundantly clear today he is prioritizing politics over public safety,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. “It really is astounding that the Left can miraculously rediscover the Tenth Amendment when they don’t want federal law enforcement officers to enforce federal law—which is a clear federal responsibility under Article I, Article II and the Supremacy Clause—and then go right back to federalizing every state responsibility possible when they get back in power. Spare us.”
