Big City Wild West: ICE Agent Shoots and Kills Motorist in Minneapolis During Immigration Raid Chaos

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Things got ugly in the Twin Cities on Wednesday like a busted tractor at harvest time. Federal immigration agents from ICE were in town knee-deep in what they’re calling their biggest crackdown yet, with thousands of officers roaming the streets trying to round folks up. Reuters

Around midmorning down near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue, a 37-year-old woman in a vehicle ended up dead after an ICE agent opened fire. The Department of Homeland Security says she tried to use her truck like a weapon, aiming it at officers like she was squaring off in a rodeo bull corrallin’ competition gone sideways. They even used the fancy term “weaponized her vehicle.” NBC 7 San Diego

City leaders and eyewitnesses tell a different tale. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey looked about as pleased as a goat in a patch of azaleas when he blasted the federal crew, saying the federal agent’s actions were reckless and unnecessary. He flat out told ICE to get out of his city immediately and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with immigrant communities who are fed up with the whole mess. AP News

Once word spread, the crowd got rowdy. Folks started chanting, lobbin’ snowballs at federal vehicles like it was the kickoff at the county fair, and before you know it local law enforcement and feds were puffin’ smoke and tossin’ irritants to push people back. CBS News

State officials, including Governor Tim Walz, are trying to get ahead of rumors and calm folks down, but everybody’s yawning at that because tensions are hotter than a skillet on a wood-burnin’ stove. The investigation is still cookin’ and will be for a while, but what’s clear is this: a life was lost, tempers are flarin’, and Minneapolis streets are lookin’ more crowded than a diner on Sunday afternoon.