On-the-Ground Report: ICE Raids in South Minneapolis and School Threats

Ongoing ICE Raids in South Minneapolis

• 📌 A resident living near a recent shooting reports daily ICE raids occurring within two blocks of their home.
• ⚠️ The frequency and number of vehicles involved suggest these raids are systematic and intentional, aimed at wearing down the neighborhood.
• 🔍 ICE agents are reportedly using disguise tactics, such as bumper stickers on vehicles, to avoid detection.

Potential Targeting of a Dual Language School

• 🎯 There is a strong suspicion that ICE was present in the neighborhood on the day of a shooting because they were organizing to raid a nearby Dual Language Elementary School.
• 🏫 On the day after the shooting, ICE agents were observed near the school, and the Minneapolis school district canceled classes due to threats against teachers.
• 🗣️ Information about the intensity of these raids is not widely disseminated, even to suburban residents.

Community Response and Organizing

• 💬 Residents are actively documenting and sharing videos of the ICE activity, with some organized groups coordinating efforts.
• 🤝 The best way to get involved locally is to talk to neighbors and engage in decentralized, community-based organizing.
• 🏠 The resistance strategy emphasizes taking care of one's immediate household, block, and then neighborhood.

Historical Context of Whipple Building

• 🏛️ The Whipple building, from which ICE agents are reportedly leaving, has historical ties to Bishop Whipple, known for his complex relationship with Native American treaties and the 1862 Dakota conflict.
• ⚖️ Whipple's involvement in the aftermath of the Dakota uprising led to the largest mass execution in American history, with 38 Dakota men being killed after he negotiated Lincoln's sentence down.