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16. Police chief defies ICE as agents try to block local cops from latest Minneapolis shooting
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 01:34 PM
Jan 24

The police refused to be blocked by ICE from investigating this murder

ICE attempted to block local police officers from the scene of another Minneapolis shooting Saturday — but the city's police chief defied their orders.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-01-24T17:50:22Z

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-shooting-minneapolis

ICE attempted to block local police officers from the scene of another Minneapolis shooting Saturday — but the city's police chief defied their orders.

The federal agents attempted to demand the city's police officers stay away after gunshots rang out Saturday morning, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

A video, apparently shot by a witness, shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrestling a man to the ground. One officer appears to strike the person with what looks like a firearm before several shots are heard.

O'Hara confirmed a man had died, as crowds of furious onlookers gathered.

Sources told the Tribune O'Hara refused ICE's demands and instructed his officers to preserve the scene. All available local police officers have been called into work.

Minnesota officials have complained that they were frozen out of the investigation of the deadly shooting of Renee Good by ICE earlier this month.

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They tried to cover it up immediately and the Minneapolis police chief refused. Witnesses have been taken to police head riversedge Jan 24 #1
Good for Chief O'Hara! Wicked Blue Jan 24 #3
Have the police decided to change sides? Miguelito Loveless Jan 24 #21
Sure he had a firearm liberalgunwilltravel Jan 24 #2
is that what they are saying? angrychair Jan 24 #5
I won't post here because it's propaganda, Du916 Jan 24 #12
A gun is not illegal angrychair Jan 24 #14
The gun was legal. O'Hara said the man had a permit to carry the gun. SunSeeker Jan 24 #19
Video clearly shows victims camera in one hand, other hand was empty and open. Hope22 Jan 24 #29
Woman in pink's video shows all this. This was straight up murder. SunSeeker Jan 24 #30
Thank you! Hope22 Jan 24 #31
If he was brandishing a gun, they would have shot him from a distance NickB79 Jan 24 #15
Amazing how quickly a pic of a gun moniss Jan 24 #17
And DHS ran away with Traildogbob Jan 24 #26
They have open and concealed carry so it's legal. Looks like he may have been disarmed before being killed. chowder66 Jan 24 #7
Their LIES are "EVOLVING" orangecrush Jan 24 #4
".... shows federal officers on Nicollet Ave. on top of a man on the ground, before one CBP officer pulls his gun and re riversedge Jan 24 #6
I'm hearing he was a citizen observer James48 Jan 24 #8
AP has changed it to a 37 year old man which the Police Chief said they confirmed. chowder66 Jan 24 #9
And a US Citizen. nt SunSeeker Jan 24 #20
Yes. chowder66 Jan 24 #22
All he was doing was videotaping. Fuck. They murdered him. nt SunSeeker Jan 24 #23
Gov. Tim Walz: said he had spoken to the White House about what he called another "sickening" shooting. "The P riversedge Jan 24 #10
The woman in the pink jacket in the video got really good cell footage. Hope she is not in the Whipple Building. SunSeeker Jan 24 #11
Mpls Police Chief: "..37 yo, while male, resident of ..we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry" riversedge Jan 24 #13
Police chief defies ICE as agents try to block local cops from latest Minneapolis shooting LetMyPeopleVote Jan 24 #16
I really want to know Skittles Jan 24 #32
"So the "everyone should be armed" second amendment crowd is using the fact the a man was armed (maybe) as justification riversedge Jan 24 #18
Resistance is not futile Marthe48 Jan 24 #24
AP JUST IN: Officer who fatally shot Minneapolis man during protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal official BumRushDaShow Jan 24 #25
He was an ICU nurse at the VA. SunSeeker Jan 24 #27
The image being shown by DHS isn't even the weapon the guy had on him. They literally pulled an image from google searc riversedge Jan 24 #28
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