Thousands of anti-ICE demonstrators gathered around the scene of an ICE-involved shooting in South Minneapolis, which left a 37-year-old woman dead after she attempted to run down a federal agent with her vehicle on Wednesday morning.
Shortly after the incident took place at the corner of Portland and 34th Street, a sizable contingent of leftist rioters proceeded to pelt federal agents with projectiles and blunt objects as they attempted to evacuate the scene. Agents deployed less-than-lethal crowd control measures while exiting, leaving the scene in the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Not long after 2 p.m. local time, police fled after they came under assault by rioters hurling snowballs and other projectiles. A mob then proceeded to advance up 34th Street, impeding traffic and harassing drivers.
A number of rioters also stormed the Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street, the main federal court facility in the city. Rioters smashed bulletproof glass out front of the building, while a woman who identified herself as a “lawyer” told the crowd to line up outside the doors in order to trap everyone inside.
