The left has once again whipped up the craziness. We've seen them do this in the past, from Occupy to BLM. Now we're seeing actions over Israel, Tesla, and ICE as their protest objects.
Take the wild chaos on Tuesday when a group of federal agents gathered in South Minneapolis near Las Cuatro Milpas restaurant. People thought it was an ICE raid, so a large crowd gathered to try to stop the agents and block their movement. Local law enforcement was called in for crowd control. However, it had nothing to do with immigration enforcement, as Mayor Jacob Frey later stated.
"This incident was related to a criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering," Frey said. But the crowd didn't wait to figure that out; they just went off anyway.
WCCO reported people throwing things at law enforcement.
The crowd moved whatever they could in the path of officers and deputies as they escorted federal agents down Lake Street. Some threw garbage cans, and some even threw tires. WCCO's crew at the scene saw pop bottles and bricks hurled at law enforcement and some responded with force.
People were pepper-sprayed.
Investigative reporter Nick Shirley happened to be driving by and caught a lot of the craziness as people went into overdrive trying to block the police from taking away "immigrants" - that they weren't taking away. He caught 22 minutes of the insanity, which you can see at the link, but here's a shorter version plus some other videos that our sister site Townhall also reported.
Warning for graphic language in the following videos:
Homeland Security did release a statement calling it "a groundbreaking criminal operation today — Minnesota's first under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) umbrella," which marked "a new chapter in how we confront complex, multidimensional threats. From drug smuggling to criminal labor trafficking, this operation showcases the breadth of our collective missions and the strength of a united front."
You had local police having to "clarify" that it wasn't immigration enforcement, as WCCO reported.
But why should they have to clarify anything? People should not obstruct law enforcement actions, including those involving ICE. Attitudes like this are putting law enforcement in danger.
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Democrats demonizing ICE and federal agents are helping to whip up the fury. As the Acting ICE Director explained, that's why ICE agents were wearing masks because the agents were being doxxed and threatened, and even their families were being threatened.
This needs to stop.
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