Posted on 01/15/2026 9:38:55 AM PST by lightman
Scenes of chaos unfolded in Minneapolis on Wednesday night as rioters flooded the streets to protest the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city.
The unrest quickly escalated into dangerous territory, forcing ICE agents to abandon multiple vehicles. In the chaos, sensitive personal information was stolen and left scattered across city streets. One independent reporter who was present during the unrest said he was able to intercept “most” of the personal information stolen by rioters; however, it remains unclear how much sensitive information may still be in their possession.
In one alarming incident, rioters broke into a weapons locker inside a federal vehicle, making off with a rifle and ammunition. The same independent journalist who intercepted the sensitive documents carried off by rioters also captured footage of the face of the individual who stole the rifle, though it remains unclear whether the suspect has been identified or if the weapon has been recovered.
These are just some of the scenes that unfolded on Wednesday in Minneapolis. No doubt over the next week, we will hear from Democrats that these protests were mostly peaceful and completely protected by the First Amendment.
The unrest comes just over a week after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent after attempting to impede an enforcement operation. When officers moved to confront and arrest her, she drove her vehicle into an ICE agent. Although initial reports indicated the agent was unharmed, a report released Wednesday revealed that the officer had in fact suffered internal bleeding.
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Friggin Bondi and Patel better start getting on those that are financing these rioters. They have had almost a year to make progress but we’ve seen nothing.
Yes. And federalizing the national guard, taking them away from traitor Walz and sending them in. I would dare some judge to say now that the NG are not permissible to restore order..
Maybe the good guys need to lager their vehicles. Isn’t that kind of standard procedure in a bad area?
I know! They will crap their robes when Stephen schmendrick kvetcher miller complains. And whines on x! BOOM! (Yet he talks SO tough about taking Greenland by force. It’s almost as if this is all BULLCRAP and they are going to fail on purpose
obviously, this is being provoked, encouraged, and allowed on purpose by NOT flooding these riots with LEOs and National Guard ...
Federalize the Guard...just like Ike and JFK did.
Either they're incompetent or Deep State.
I'm sure that Dan Bongino knows the answer which is why he left.
I read an interesting comment on another thread regarding the stolen rifles and documents. The person mentioned that maybe this was a trap set by ICE to ultimately lead them to the leaders of the mayhem going on.
how many federal law enforcement officers are there?
10 thousand?
100 thousand?
how hard is it to assign some for protection
the safety of the ICE agents is job one
DHS Noem should be all over this
these are her troops
I agree 100%. I think Trump is going to do it soon.
Screw those people. All of them.
Belt fed machine guns would tend to stop rioters in their tracks.
” Cat ladies “ with cell phones are Tampon Tim’s and Mayor Frey’s first line of defense against the massive Somalian fraud in Minnesota.
You know what could happen if it is Minnesota NG? Invoke the Insurrection Act and send in the 2nd Div Marines
I don’t think pouring beer on their vehicles would help much
Good point.
But the cars might not burn as quickly.
Some in the GOP are terrified of the visuals that will be created if the military is introduced into the equation.
And, considering the shallowness of the general public, they may be right.
Don’t even need water cannons. Just misters. That would stop them dead in their tracks.
We are track to soon make precedent instead of follow it ...
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