Isabel Lopez Released From Detention, Ordered to Surrender Passport

Isabel Lopez released from detention, ordered to surrender passport

Charges say Lopez attacked agents and officers, kicked an FBI agent and threw a softball at a Hennepin County Sheriff's deputy during a confrontation with ICE officials in Minneapolis on June 3.

Plainclothes Feds Arrest Poet After Interview With Press, Unseal Conflated Complaint - UNICORN RIOT

Saint Paul, MN — Plainclothes federal agents arrested 27-year-old Isabel Lopez on Monday after she left an interview with the press about being assaulted by feds during a protest against what many thought was an immigration raid on Minneapolis’ Lake Street a week prior. On Tuesday, the government unsealed a complaint on Lopez, which details federal charges pressed against her for allegedly assaulting agents and obstruction during a civil disorde…

Supporters call for release of St. Paul activist arrested after Lake Street protest

Four FBI agents were waiting outside a building in St. Paul Monday afternoon as Isabel Lopez left an interview with a local journalist, according to her attorney.  A “violent” arrest followed, attorney Jordan Kushner alleged. Local journalist Georgia Fort posted a video of Lopez’s arrest on social media, showing multiple plainclothes officers shoving Lopez into a van.  “She didn’t know who they were,” Kushner said. “They didn’t identify themselv…

Protester arrested by federal officers is longtime activist and poet

Isabel Lopez’s arrest sparked protest Wednesday at the jail where she is being held.

Federal agents arrest local poet outside Georgia Fort’s office in Downtown Saint Paul

Here’s a first hand account from Georgia Fort:Moments after concluding our interview with Isabel Lopez, she exited our office building. As she stepped outside, several men in unmarked vehicles—none wearing visible badges—took her. We exited minutes after her only witnessing the aftermath. Her shoulder was visibly bleeding.Unaware of who these individuals were, many people yelled “You can’t take her.” One said, “We have a warrant for her arrest.”…