Federal Officers Confront AP Reporters Documenting Immigration Operation

Immigration Enforcement Operation

• 🎯 Federal immigration enforcement operations continued in Minneapolis and St. Paul, despite calls for de-escalation.
• 🔍 AP reporters observed agents parked on a block in the north side of Minneapolis, following a vehicle that left the scene.

Confrontation with AP Reporters

• 🚗 A white minivan with armed agents aggressively drove up behind the AP reporters' vehicle.
• ⚠️ Reporters pulled over and were boxed in by the minivan; agents emerged and demanded they return to their vehicle.
• 🗣️ Federal Bureau of Prisons agents threatened reporters with arrest if they did not comply, despite being identified as AP journalists.
• 🧱 Reporters were pushed back into their vehicle and warned against leaving, while witnessing agents shatter the windows of another vehicle.

Incident Outcomes

• ✋ At least one person was detained during the operation.
• 🌶️ Another individual was pepper-sprayed.
• 💥 A vehicle was left with a broken window.