It was another night of utter chaos in Minneapolis, and the most frustrating part is all of this would be totally avoidable if law enforcement and ICE were simply allowed to arrest the illegal immigrant they were after instead of non-stop harassment from far-left agitators and the city and state’s Democrat political leaders.
The Latest Incident
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the incident started just before 7pm local time when federal law enforcement conducted a targeted traffic stop of an illegal immigrant. Why was he on the streets of Minneapolis? The Biden administration released him into the country over three years ago.
Rather than comply with officers, the suspect fled the scene and ended up crashing into a parked car. A foot pursuit ensued and an officer caught up to the suspect who then resisted arrest and violently attacked the officer.
Two other individuals came out of a nearby apartment to fight alongside the illegal immigrant. They attacked the officer with a snow shovel and broom handle in what DHS described as an “ambush.” During the scuffle, the original suspect got a hold of the shovel and broom stick and began striking the officer. The officer fired a defensive shot that hit the initial suspect in the leg.
All three individuals who attacked the officer barricaded themselves inside the nearby apartment. The attackers were eventually taken into custody, and both the illegal immigrant who was shot and the officer who was attacked were taken to the hospital. We believe neither has been discharged at this time.
In a statement, DHS said “this attack on another brave member of law enforcement took place while Minnesota’s top leaders, [Gov. Tim Walz] and [Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey], are actively encouraging an organized resistance to ICE and federal law enforcement officers.” It also called out “their hateful rhetoric” and “resistance against men and women who are simply trying to do their jobs.”
Media Malpractice
Despite the tension between local and federal officials, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara spoke at a press conference last night and largely backed up the DHS account of the shooting. Here is what he had to say:
“At 6:51pm, Minneapolis Police received a 911 call reporting a shooting on the 600 block of 24 Avenue North. Preliminary information indicates that there was a struggle with a federal agent in front of the resident. During the struggle, the federal agent discharged his weapon, striking one adult male. The adult male then retreated inside of the residence, where he remained inside and refused to come out. Eventually, federal agents made entry into the residence, and the individual was brought to an ambulance where he has been transported to the hospital.
Minneapolis Police have secured the crime scene around the location, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, as well as the FBI, are on the scene processing the evidence. I believe there’s a broom and, like, a snow shovel that’s on the scene. And yes, I have heard information that that some individual, at least one person, may have assaulted federal law enforcement.”
But that apparently wasn’t good enough for corporate media outlets like The New York Times. First, the Times published a story with the headline “Federal agent shoots immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says.” There was zero mention in the headline that the suspect was an illegal immigrant or that a shovel was used. And get this, the headline of the piece has since been updated to: “Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests.”
“Shoots man”? They won’t even call him an immigrant, let alone an illegal immigrant. In the body of the story, it also takes issue with DHS’ version of the events leading up the shooting. “The federal government’s narrative could not immediately be verified,” the piece claims.
Hello, the police chief corroborated most of it!
More Violence
With no local leadership to turn down the temperature, around 200 protesters gathered at the scene Wednesday night and began attacking law enforcement. Fireworks were shot at both local and federal law enforcement officers, while snowballs were reportedly thrown at immigration agents.
Video from independent journalist Nick Sortor shows protesters vandalizing a federal vehicle and going for its weapons locker. Watch:
Sortor reported the agitators successfully broke into the locker, stealing a rifle and ammunition before fleeing. One of the radicals who took part in the attack said she also found “paperwork,” including “a list with FBI operation info” that featured “full names of FBI agents, phone numbers, emails… maps on where they’re staying, where they’re holding immigrants… hotel names… judge names.”
Mayor Frey, meanwhile, tried to claim the moral high ground when he spoke to the media last night. Here’s what he told a reporter who asked about the reaction from elected officials in Minnesota:
“So the question was, there has been the accusation that local officials have perhaps taken up the temperature in Minneapolis. First, I’ll say: Show me a single place where I have encouraged anything other than peace.”
Perhaps he forgot what he had to say in the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good last week:
“And I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Ratcheting Up the Rhetoric
So, where was Tim Walz in all of this? Well, last night he was busy giving a special primetime address on ICE where things didn’t exactly go as planned. Audio issues during the live broadcast made his speech nearly incomprehensible, as Rapid Response 47 pointed out on X:
His team was forced to post an intelligible version of the remarks to YouTube instead. And when we could finally understand him, we heard some of the most inflammatory rhetoric about the federal government from a sitting governor since the Civil War. Here’s a sampling:
“What’s happening in Minnesota right now defies belief. News reports simply don’t do justice to the level of chaos, disruption, and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota. Armed, masked, under-trained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live. They’re pulling over people indiscriminately, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers. And at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at our schools, they’re breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process. Let’s be very, very clear, this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”
That is so incendiary. How insane is that? Take a seat, Tim Walz. Honestly, you are probably 12 months away from potentially going to jail. Enjoy your last few high moments because you genuinely might be behind bars very soon.
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