US EditionWitnesses Say ICE Agents Arrest Minneapolis School Staff, Tear Gas Students; DHS Claims No Tear Gas Was Used
Federal agents detained staff and used pepper spray on students during a raid at Roosevelt High School, leading to school lockdowns and class cancellations, officials said.
- On Wednesday, federal immigration enforcement agents swarmed Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis during dismissal, arriving hours after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old Minneapolis resident.
- The Department of Homeland Security described the encounter as stemming from a five-mile pursuit during immigration enforcement, with a U.S. citizen allegedly impeding operations and a teacher assaulting a Border Patrol agent.
- A school official said agents handcuffed two staff members and detained a special education assistant taken to the Whipple Federal Building and released Wednesday night.
- Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes for Thursday and Friday and closed all schools on January 8 and January 9 out of an abundance of caution, saying it is investigating the incident and working with City of Minneapolis partners to support those impacted.
- Witnesses and staff described skirmishes at dismissal with protesters blowing whistles, agents shoving people and community members confronting officers, while former governor Jesse Ventura called the loss of life "a tragedy".
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Jesse Ventura praises protesters after ICE pepper-sprayed school kids in Minneapolis
Jesse Ventura, a former governor of Minnesota, has praised staff and protesters at a Minneapolis school after ICE agents reportedly used pepper spray against students. On Wednesday (7 January), Minneapolis Public Schools confirmed there was an incident involving federal law enforcement at Roosevelt High School, following the deadly shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. A federal agent was filmed deploying a chemical irritant on a crowd at t…
Jesse Ventura says America has become 'third world', rages against ICE and threatens second term · American Wire News
The former Governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, spoke with local news after visiting his high school alma mater in Minneapolis, and is piping mad over ICE deportations and the fatal shooting of a menacing protester. He invoked the Constitution several times during his tirade, claiming that the Trump administration is ignoring it for snatching people off the streets, while he completely ignored the growing evidence of widespread fraud perpetrate…
ICE facing backlash as witnesses and video show agents shooting innocent students with tear gas
A major controversy is brewing in Minneapolis after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents flooded into Roosevelt High School, arresting school staff members and apparently deploying tear gas on students. The core of the dispute centers on the use of force. While the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, is officially claiming that its agents did not use any tear gas during the operation, but eyewitness accounts and video footage from the…
Border Patrol detains Roosevelt High staffer
Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes for Thursday and Friday after U.S. Border Patrol agents detained a Roosevelt High School staff member who is a U.S. citizen outside the school on Wednesday. The staff member, a special education assistant, was taken to the Whipple Federal Building and released Wednesday night, said Natasha Dockter of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators. Dockter expressed gratitude that the district had cancelled sc…
Nazi Scumbags Go Wilding At Minneapolis High School
In an Instagram video screencap, Border Patrol agents swarm around someone at Roosevelt High School before tackling and cuffing them.Public schools across Minneapolis are closed today and tomorrow after armed Border Patrol agents swarmed onto the campus of a high school as school let out yesterday, just hours after other DHS goons murdered US citizen Renee Good and the government lied about it. The school district said it was cancelling all clas…
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