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Chaos in Minneapolis as sweeping police raid descends into violence
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Activists have clashed with federal officials in crazed scenes on the streets of Minneapolis after people apparently mistook a criminal investigation for an ICE raid.
Black Bloc/Antifa - Hispanic version getting jiggy, as they used to say.
Photographs show protestors outside a taco restaurant shouting at government agents in military-style vehicles, and in some cases launching objects at them.

Twin Cities Mayor Jacob Frey said the law enforcement operation at Las Cuatro Milpas restaurant in south Minneapolis on Tuesday was 'not related to immigration'.

However, city council member Jason Chavez said authorities had 'tried to lie about an ICE presence', claiming that the immigration officials were also at the scene.

Mayor Frey said in a statement: 'I am aware of the operation federal agencies carried out earlier today near Lake and Bloomington.

'While we are still gathering details, this incident was related to a criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering and was not related to immigration enforcement. No arrests were made.'

The Minneapolis Police Department said the conflict escalated so much that some of their officers were also dispatched to assist with crowd control.

'After a federal law enforcement operation was already underway, a crowd began to form, and MPD officers arrived to ensure the crowd and the surrounding area remained safe,' the department said on X.

'A federal criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering was executed today in the area of Lake St & Bloomington Ave. Multiple federal agencies were involved.

'There were no arrests at the scene by federal law enforcement executing the search warrant.'

'MPD was NOT involved in any immigration enforcement activities today, nor were we given advance notice of any such operation,' the department added.

Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez claimed that the authorities were lying about there being no ICE agents on the scene, while sharing photographs of officers wearing ICE badges on X.

'They tried lie about an ICE presence. MPD assisted with closing off the area. This is completely wrong. Hennepin County Sheriffs have been helping too,' Chavez wrote.

A witness told CBS affiliate WCCO News that some activists hurled objects onto Lake Street in an attempt to obstruct a military-style vehicle.

The organization COPAL (Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina) said its members came to the scene 'to ensure that constitutional rights and legal due process are respected.'

'In situations like the enforcement today, it's important that there are signed warrants in place, the right to peaceful assembly is protected, and that no Minnesotan, no human being is treated as 'collateral,'' COPAL's Ryan Perez said in a statement.

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-04
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