Cops Unleashed On Anti-ICE Rioters Near Minneapolis
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Violent anti-deportation protesters targeted a second Minnesota hotel which they believed housed immigration officials Monday night, but local police responded with force. Officers ordered…
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Violent anti-deportation protesters targeted a second Minnesota hotel which they believed housed Immigration officials Monday night, but local police responded with force.
Officers ordered protesters to leave the SpringHill Suites hotel area due to property damage and objects being thrown at law enforcement, according to Daily Caller News Foundation footage and a statement from the Maple Grove Police Department. Dozens of state and local officers in riot gear guarded the building starting at 8 p.m. and cleared the gathering by 10 p.m. after the DCNF saw several arrests made.
Monday’s incident contrasted with a Sunday riot at a Minneapolis hotel, where activists broke glass, blocked a road and remained at the property for more than two hours until federal agents — including one visibly bleeding — dispersed the crowd with little help from the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) or state agencies. The state later said it intended to make arrests just before federal agents threw chemical irritants.