Second ICE capturing in Minneapolis sparks extra protests, police clashes

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Protesters and federal regulation enforcement clashed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night time into Thursday morning after a second ICE-involved capturing within the metropolis, as native officers proceed to demand the company depart.

An ICE agent shot an alleged illegal immigrant within the leg on Wednesday throughout an arrest try. The Division of Homeland Safety claims the agent fired on the suspect as a result of he was "fearing for his life and security" after the person resisted arrest and "violently assaulted the officer."

The suspect was reported to be secure and is now in custody, whereas the ICE agent is allegedly within the hospital.

This comes after an incident final week in Minneapolis, the place Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by masked ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who fired into the motive force's windshield and open window from the aspect of the car and subsequently exclaimed "f---ing b----" because the automobile crashed into one other parked car.

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Federal brokers deploy tear fuel and pepper balls towards group members throughout a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026. (Getty Photos)

Democrats and native residents have condemned the capturing as a homicide and called for Ross' prosecution , whereas the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have defended the incident by arguing that it was a justified capturing.

Protests continued on Wednesday after the newest capturing, with demonstrators utilizing horns and whistles and officers deploying tear fuel and pepper balls.

There have been no less than 100 folks on the scene, the place officers have been dispersing pepper spray, throwing pepper balls and utilizing flash bangs as protesters tossed objects on the brokers. Demonstrators have been additionally calling on ICE to depart the town and holding indicators with phrases comparable to "f--- ICE."

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara mentioned a crowd was committing "illegal acts," together with throwing fireworks at officers, and urged folks to "depart instantly."

"That is already a really tense state of affairs, and we don't want this to escalate any additional," he mentioned.

Federal brokers conflict with protesters as tensions intensified following a capturing involving ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026. (Getty Photos)

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged peaceable demonstrations in response to the capturing.

"I do know you’re offended. I’m offended. What Donald Trump desires is violence within the streets. However Minnesota will stay an island of decency, of justice, of group, and of peace. Don’t give him what he desires," Walz wrote on X.

Walz additionally made an deal with to Minnesotans the place he once more referred to as on ICE to depart the state.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has repeatedly demanded that ICE leave , mentioned the company's presence is just not establishing security for group members.

"That is an unattainable state of affairs that our metropolis is presently being put in," he mentioned at a information convention, including that the deployment of roughly 3,000 ICE brokers in Minneapolis and statewide was "creating chaos."

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"It is definitely not creating security when an enormous share of the shootings which have taken place up to now this yr in Minneapolis have been by ICE," he mentioned. "So let's be very clear. I've seen conduct from ICE that's disgusting and is insupportable."

The mayor additionally praised folks protesting peacefully however warned that others have been "taking the bait."

"We can not counter Donald Trump's chaos with our personal model of chaos," he mentioned.

"Americans are getting picked up off the road by folks in masks," the mayor added. "That is not the best way issues ought to be performed in any metropolis in America. That is not who we're, that is not America. So I am calling for peace. Everyone has a task in reaching that peace. We'll attempt to do every thing we will to maintain it."