Whistles and walkie-talkies: Minneapolis keeps guard over schools amid ICE arrests

Reuters ^ | January 17, 2026 5:34 PM UTC | Brad Brooks

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Summary

• Parents are guarding schools after reports of ICE activity
• ICE presence has cut attendance and pushed some schools to cancel or move online
• DHS denies targeting schools, but families and educators report detentions nearby

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Peter Brown's gray mustache and beard were matted with ice as he stood watch on a frigid Friday afternoon outside Green Central Elementary, not far from where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good last week.

Wearing a neon green vest and equipped with a whistle and walkie-talkie, Brown, an 81-year-old retired lawyer who lives nearby, kept his head on a swivel. His eyes were taking in each passing car and pedestrian near the campus as he stood ready to sound the alarm should federal immigration personnel approach the school, which teaches in English and Spanish and is around the corner from the spot where Good died.

"I never did like bullies, and that's what the federal government has become," Brown said, explaining why an octogenarian stood outside for four hours in -2 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill (-19 Celsius). "What's happening in my city is nothing more than authoritarian intimidation, and me and my neighbors are not going to put up with it."

PARENTS PATROL SCHOOLS

The Trump administration has deployed about 3,000 federal agents across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, making it the latest region targeted by the president's mass deportation program. People who normally might be organizing parent-teacher association meetings are arranging security patrols at their kids' schools to watch for immigration agents.

Some parents not on patrol are escorting foreign-born teachers or staff members, driving them to and from their homes and schools to make them feel safer. Others are delivering groceries and prescription medicines to immigrant families who...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: aliens; arrestpeterbrown; bradbrooks; conspiracy; crime; domesticenemies; doxxing; education; hemireuters; ice; minnesota; peterbrown; peterwbrown; rebellion; reuters; schools; sedition; undermining

[toddausauras]

Reuters is pro illegal criminals.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Now is a good time to check the "whistlers" for outstanding warrants.

[jmacusa]

While this might not be quite like 1861 it’s getting close to an open civil war if this bs isn’t put down.

[gibsonguy]

Reuters is toxic waste dump

[madprof98]

I think we are witnessing the power of the legacy media to shape public opinion . . . even in the era of “fake news” and Elon-purchased X(Twitter). They bombard people with this BS nonstop, and I expect they will take control of the government (and impeach Trump and Vance successfully) in just a few months. As for the stolen billions, they’ll keep every dime.

[No name given]

Agreed.

[Tzimisce]

Aiding someone who is breaking the law makes you culpable in their crimes.

[No name given]

Correct!

[ebshumidors]

If they are using Baofeng handhelds without a license, they are probably breaking the law.

[Responsibility2nd]

• DHS denies targeting schools, but families and educators report detentions nearby

The way in which the media lies is breathtaking. It's the violent protestors that are placing schools at risk.

[philman_36]

What's happening in my city is nothing more than authoritarian intimidation...

What's happening in your city is nothing more than the enforcement of immigration law.

Don't worry, old dude, you will probably go to your grave, and that right soon given your age, being ignorant and cluelese.

[rx]

They needn’t waste any resources guarding the Learing Centers or most of the Non-Emergency Transportation Centers.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If they are using Baofeng handhelds without a license, they are probably breaking the law.

Most people using them are.

I have an Amateur Extra license and a GMRS license and a DMR ID, but I programmed mine to use GMRS exclusively because I haven't found it to me useful for much else.

[Organic Panic]

There have been no raids on any schools there. But good. Let them. They will free up places to find illegals like restaurants, Home Depot and Somali learing centers.

[roving]

This week is going to be bitterly cold there. Good time to bring out the water cannons.

[abigkahuna]

I was thinking the very same thing...

[cableguymn]

Highs below zero
Should run all the libs indoors

[clearcarbon]

"I was thinking the very same thing..."

Me too.

[Fedora]

Peter Brown, interviewed in the article, works with Dominick Skinner’s ICE List doxing ICE agents. I won’t post it, but his Facebook page includes images of ICE agents with license plate numbers and links to ICE List.