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Police Tear Down Anti-ICE Road Blockade After Masked Men Assault Reporter
dailycaller ^ | Feb 3, 2026 | Hudson Crozier

Posted on 02/03/2026 4:03:03 PM PST by backpacker_c

Police allowed anti-deportation activists to maintain a road blockade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until Daily Caller News Foundation reporter Jorge Ventura was assaulted nearby.

The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) on Monday cleared traffic cones and other debris that the mob used to direct traffic and deter Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles from Cedar Ave.

News of the blockade first broke on Sunday, but it remained standing by Monday, when Ventura was harassed and shoved into a car by masked men for investigating it.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
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There are reports of other checkpoints around the city, but nothing as big as this one.

The city let the antifa protesters setup checkpoints, blocked vehicles and ask for identification, and reported ice vehicle movements.

This activity appears sanctioned by the city at this site as police tried to clear it, and were laughed off by protesters

1 posted on 02/03/2026 4:03:03 PM PST by backpacker_c
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Jorge Ventura Media
@VenturaReport
Here is the left-wing activists checkpoint on Cedar Ave , stopping vehicles , checking ID’s and running license plates in their ‘database’ , we didn’t see any local law enforcement on scene , then I and my photojournalist
@photoswitherik
were assaulted for documenting their actions

https://x.com/VenturaReport/status/2018402742264336640


2 posted on 02/03/2026 4:03:33 PM PST by backpacker_c
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MPD’s inaction emboldened this, and city leaders ignore or deny this reality.

Someone is going to get hurt.

https://x.com/MichaelH_MN/status/2018305210339250633

running police off


3 posted on 02/03/2026 4:04:07 PM PST by backpacker_c
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Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Minnesota resident was trying to go try a new burger restaurant

She says Minnesota ICE protesters stopped her car, they checked her license plate and won’t let people pass until their plates are ran

It’s insane that this is happening in America

“So now we need permission to drive from these people?”

This is what she said happened:

‘My friend told us about a dive burger place in Minnesota that we absolutely had to try. As we were driving in, we passed a small group of maybe 30 people holding large “F ICE” signs, spelled out. Many of the houses in the neighborhood also had signs saying “F ICE” and similar messages.

When we were leaving to drive back to the hotel, we passed the group again. At that point, the resistance group stepped out in front of our car and would not let us drive.

One woman appeared to be looking at our license plate and doing something on her phone. She was standing directly in front of the car, blocking us

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2018551227416756485

watch interaction at the tweet


4 posted on 02/03/2026 4:04:56 PM PST by backpacker_c
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Run them over. Or shoot them.

They have no authority to stop anyone.


5 posted on 02/03/2026 4:07:14 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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setup checkpoints, blocked vehicles and ask for identification,

So they built a wall, checked IDs, and vetted those entering the area removing those they do not want there? Interesting idea.

6 posted on 02/03/2026 4:08:56 PM PST by Dan Zachary
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So it a leftist police state okie dokie?


7 posted on 02/03/2026 4:08:58 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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I’m actually shocked that the Minneapolistan cops were allowed to do that.

After the Saint Floyd thing, the area where he overdosed was controlled by the antifa types. I knew a guy who lived there. He said when he went home he had to wait for the black panther types to open the gate so he could go in. He talked to the cops about it. They said don’t bother to call us as we won’t go there, you are on your own.


8 posted on 02/03/2026 4:09:23 PM PST by shelterguy
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Go setup another checkpoint right in front of them and stop all black people from entering. See how long you’re free.


9 posted on 02/03/2026 4:09:46 PM PST by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: backpacker_c

Terrorists


10 posted on 02/03/2026 4:10:52 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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I saw reports that checkpoints are still going on in various places.

They just don’t have more permanent blockades, and have people standing in the street blocking cars when they check them.


11 posted on 02/03/2026 4:17:21 PM PST by backpacker_c
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“””They just don’t have more permanent blockades, and have people standing in the street blocking cars when they check them.”””

A lot of guys have snowplows on their pickups this time of year. Just sayin’.


12 posted on 02/03/2026 4:19:11 PM PST by shelterguy
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Long past time to declare an insurrection and send in the troops to mop this up once and for all.


13 posted on 02/03/2026 4:46:01 PM PST by cross_bearer_02
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A “No Go” zone ?
No Go. No Dough. Meaning no federal funds to areas that don’t support federal laws


14 posted on 02/03/2026 4:48:55 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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To: backpacker_c

If the cops won’t do it, stampede some cattle through there.


15 posted on 02/03/2026 4:54:10 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: backpacker_c

“Protesters” need to be made to wear body cameras.


16 posted on 02/03/2026 4:54:12 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: backpacker_c

stopped her car, they checked her license plate and won’t let people pass until their plates are ran





17 posted on 02/03/2026 4:59:11 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: shelterguy

Clear ICE out and nuke the city.


18 posted on 02/03/2026 5:00:07 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Fledermaus

“They have no authority to stop anyone”

They have assumed authority and they will have all the authority they need until they are stopped.


19 posted on 02/03/2026 5:01:12 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: backpacker_c

This is what the people of Minneapolis voted for.


20 posted on 02/03/2026 5:01:14 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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