"Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne told MS NOW that he worried that ICE agents are going to kill him while he's documenting altercations with community members protesting raids after he said he was shoved by an agent on Monday night. The comments come as additional ICE and Department of Homeland Security agents have been deployed in the city as part of a surge."
"A video circulating on social media, captured by council member Jason Chavez, appears to show an ICE agent physically shoving Payne and another person at a bus stop on a public sidewalk in northeast Minneapolis as he attempted to intervene in what he described as the harassing of a U.S. citizen. In an Instagram post sharing the video, Payne said agents had indiscriminately stopped a citizen before the shove."
"Payne retold his own story, how he introduced himself as a lawmaker and demanded the officer's badge number only to be refused that information, all while other agents pointed tasers at him. Asked by Miller whether he feared a further killing could happen, like the shooting of Good by an agent last week, he said he feared for his own life."
Elliott Payne, Minneapolis City Council President, was shoved by an ICE agent while intervening at a bus stop in northeast Minneapolis during an apparent stop of a U.S. citizen. A social media video captured by a council member appears to show the shove and another person affected. Additional ICE and Department of Homeland Security agents have been deployed to the city as part of a surge. Demonstrations continue after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer, prompting lawsuits alleging constitutional violations. Payne encountered agents who refused to provide a badge number, had tasers pointed at him, and fears for his life while documenting encounters.
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