Minneapolis riots: DHS arrests armed man who allegedly assaulted federal agent

FIRST ON FOX: The Division of Homeland Safety says it arrested a person Wednesday night in Minneapolis who attacked a federal immigration agent whereas carrying a gun and a field of ammunition.

The incident occurred simply hours after DHS mentioned a person agent was attacked with a shovel by an unlawful migrant from Venezuela. The unlawful migrant was shot within the leg, inflicting riots within the metropolis to escalate shortly afterwards.

“Final night time throughout a riot in Minneapolis, a U.S. citizen was arrested for assaulting officers whereas carrying a firearm,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin advised Fox Information Digital.

“The person got here to the protest with a handgun and a field of ammunition in a bag. The person threatened violence in opposition to regulation enforcement officers whereas pointing to his bag.

Hours earlier, DHS officers reported a separate confrontation by which an undocumented Venezuelan migrant was shot within the leg by an ICE officer after he allegedly attacked the agent with a shovel. The incidents coincided with intense protests following the deadly taking pictures of Renee Good by an ICE agent. (Division of Homeland Safety)

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“After police applied crowd management measures to calm an more and more unstable crowd, the person kicked a metallic smoke canister at officers. He then pushed an officer and was arrested for assault,” McLaughlin defined.

“Whereas he was being arrested, he acknowledged that he had a firearm, which was together with a field of ammunition. He didn’t have his hid carry allow on him. This isn’t the peaceable protest that the First Modification protects.”

Tensions are excessive in Minneapolis as days of riots rock town and federal regulation enforcement officers face troublemakers.

The riots started shortly after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent throughout an altercation in Minneapolis final week.

Fireworks have been set off close to the scene of a taking pictures in Minneapolis on January 14. (Abbie Parr/AP Photograph)

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Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem referred to as Good a “home terrorist” and claimed she used her automobile as a weapon after stopping ICE brokers within the roadway.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey advised ICE to “get out of Minneapolis” throughout a information convention after Good’s demise, and Governor Tim Walz criticized DHS, posting in X that he had seen the video and referring to Noem’s rationalization of the incident as a part of a “propaganda machine.”

On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Rebellion Act if individuals in Minnesota proceed to disregard the regulation and endanger federal officers.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey referred to as for peace amid violent protests in opposition to federal authorities. (Getty Photographs)

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“If Minnesota’s corrupt politicians don’t obey the regulation and cease the skilled agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the ICE Patriots who’re simply attempting to do their job, I’ll enact the INSURRECTION ACT, as many Presidents earlier than me have achieved, and shortly put an finish to the travesty happening in that after nice state,” Trump wrote in TRUTH Social.

Ought to President Trump invoke laws signed into regulation in 1807, he might ship Nationwide Guardsmen to the realm to stabilize management and scale back violence.