'I'm a U.S. Citizen and I was arrested by ICE,' A Statement from a Legal Observer in Minneapolis [View all]

https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/im-a-u-s-citizen-and-i-was-arrested-by-ice-a-statement-from-a-legal-observer-in-minneapolis/

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Statement from legal observer on being arrested by ICE agents on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, on 29th St. and Pillsbury Ave.

While driving towards Karmel Mall after an immigration abduction by ICE, the car in front of me stopped, and two agents exited the vehicle and approached mine. They came to both sides of the vehicle and told me to put the vehicle in park and pulled their guns on me.

They held the gun in my face and shouted at me to put the vehicle in park; one reached in and put my vehicle in park. They pulled me from the vehicle, they shouted “… Reaching for something!” and continued to shout at me, weapons drawn, then cuffed me and lifted me into their vehicle. Several MPD [Minneapolis Police officers -Ed.] stood by and watched. I realize now, especially after the murder of Alex Pretti, that I am lucky to be alive.

One of the two ICE agents had gotten OC (oleoresin capsaicin) spray in his eyes at the abduction. He was so deeply affected that he was unable to drive and had to exit the car to switch places with the second officer so that the vehicle could be driven safely. “You drive, I can’t see, too much OC.” His eyes were watery. He seemed very much on edge, talking fast, worried, and anxious. He was crying and wiping his face and whining about the pain it was causing him. As he complained several times over the drive, I said, “Maybe you shouldn’t have sprayed so much, then.”

Eventually they shackled me to the chair in front of me.

As the agents calmed down from this interaction, they read me my Miranda rights. Next to me sat a man whose English was not sufficient to understand the rights being read to him, so I asked if they would be reading the Miranda rights to him in Spanish.

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