"Where was Minneapolis PD? Because I understand that their rule is they don't want to be part of any ICE operations, understood. But if you have the police at the very least, responding to the scene of a riot, which is what this thing had become. I can't believe they were not they're saying, We weren't even told about it."
"First of all, I don't believe that. Secondly, no 911 calls? Hey there is a riot going on in my block in a residential area? The chief let it slip that we have a special supervisor handling any calls relative to ICE activity. In other words, we are keeping our people away from all of that, which means ICE is getting less protection than your average citizen but also, so were the protesters."
The deadly ICE shooting that killed Renee Nicole Good in her car prompted angry reactions from Minnesota officials, including Mayor Jacob Frey calling Kristi Noem's account "bullsh*t" and demanding ICE leave Minneapolis. Limited police involvement in ICE operations was cited, with claims of no 911 calls and a special supervisor handling ICE-related calls that kept regular officers away. Those conditions were linked to reduced protection for ICE and protesters and to the ensuing violent confrontation. The response was framed as possibly intended to deflect scrutiny from a Somali fraud investigation and recalled 2020 unrest after George Floyd's death. Observers noted that standard police crowd-control measures could have prevented escalation.
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