Minneapolis Police Issue Citations To 30 Protesters Seeking To Hound ICE Agents Staying In Hotels

Minneapolis law enforcement detained 30 protesters outside of two downtown hotels where they believed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were staying Friday night, local outlets reported.

Video footage posted by CBS affiliate WCCO shows protesters loudly banging drums and trash cans, playing horns and clanging wooden planks against lampposts in an apparent effort to disrupt or intimidate the federal immigration agents. Law enforcement issued citations and released the protesters.

The protest began at the Canopy Hotel in downtown Minneapolis at 8:00 p.m. CST Friday before moving to the Depot Renaissance Hotel where protesters damaged property, WCCO reported. A video on X posted by independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager shows a crowd banging on a podium and chanting “no justice, no peace” in the atrium — with a glass door separating them from the lobby — while a security alarm appears to sound.

By 9:45 p.m. CST the protesters had moved back to the Canopy Hotel and forced entry there as well, at which point Minneapolis PD declared an unlawful assembly and began issuing dispersal orders, according to WCCO.

A video posted to X by the account shows drone footage of a large crowd outside the Canopy Hotel following officers and appearing to throw objects at them as they leave the scene.

A WCCO reporter said that the protest was allowed to persist for three hours passed before law enforcement arrived, per the outlet’s video.

The protest follows the Wednesday shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer as Good appeared to drive her vehicle in his direction. Viral video