ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-racial-profiling-2674912991/

ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

David Edwards
January 20, 2026 1:03PM ET

Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been pulling guns on off-duty officers of color while illegally demanding their citizenship papers.

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"Recently, as the last two weeks, we as law enforcement community have been receiving endless complaints about civil rights violations in our streets from US citizens," he said. "What we're hearing is they're being stopped in traffic stops or on the street with no cause and being forced to show paperwork to determine if they are here legally."

"As this went on over the past two weeks, we started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty," he continued. "Every one of these individuals is a person of color who has had this happen to them."

Bruley said ICE "boxed in" one officer on a roadway.

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[malaise]

1. WTF?

That is all

[leftstreet]

2. "off-duty" suggests they're not in uniform?

Welcome to the real world, law enforcement persons

[PatSeg]

14. It might be a good experience

for some cops to be on the receiving end of such treatment. I think it could make them better cops, plus it will confirm the brutal and illegal behavior of ICE agents.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Arrest ICE agents

Every single one of these random stops is a crime that they need to be arrested and tried for. ICE has no legal authority to make traffic stops shorting of having a warrant for a specified individual who is driving when they encounter them.

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. Exactly!

I mean, they are too afraid to, but they should be doing exactly that!

[orangecrush]

4. They knew who they were

[liberalla]

16. Why do you say that? How do we know that?

TIA

[TommieMommy]

5. OMG holy crap

[Blue Owl]

6. Stephen Millers KKK goons -- masked and dangerous

[Hotler]

7. Start arresting ICE and demand their to see their "Citizenship papers, what ever those are"

[BarbD]

8. Defund ice.

All of these thugs need to be held accountable.

[duckworth969]

10. White Nationalists

ICE likely harboring extremists of many various types.

[Lonestarblue]

11. ICE is likely made up of all those rabid right-wing militias who have been eager to take out liberals.

They assume that everyone in a Democratic state is a liberal, so they’re free to shoot them in the eyes, murder them, drag them into the streets in subfreezing temperatures, teargas them, and use toxic chemicals banned by the US military. The masks are to protect their identities because they know they are breaking the law but have been told it’s okay. Members of Trump’s violent Proud Boys are probably the leaders.

[Moostache]

13. They are all too stupid to hide the financial records...

After Trump dies (soon I hope), there will be a reckoning for this lawlessness and bigotry. Those who are doing the crime need to be prepared to do the time after and there will never again be a Trump pardon for them. They are all going to pay full freight for this, its only a matter of time.

[travelingthrulife]

12. Their police union in Mpls is fully on board with ICE.

[PatSeg]

15. Seriously? Well, that's discouraging.