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clancyny.bsky.social
Stunning interview with observers Patty O’Keefe & Brandon Siguenza who were snatched off the streets of Minneapolis yesterday.

This is Jana Shortal's weeknight show, Breaking the News Plus, on @kare11.bsky.social. Watch all 17 minutes.
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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chowleen.bsky.social
Please read and share.
There is also widely-circulating video of the unlawful arrests of these Minnesota activists (and U.S. citizens).
Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and I am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and l out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complained about a lack of … The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men. My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender. We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed, and complained about having to fill out the form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell. Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am vegan and the only food they offered were turke… I was in the cell alone for between 1 and 2 hours, then another man was put into my cell, whose shirt was ripped open from his arrest, and an injured toe, who was carried aggressively into an unmarked car during his arrest. After about 4-5 hours, another man was brought in who had a cut on his head from his arrest. He told me he was tackled by 4 or 5 agents during his arrest. At no point was he offered medical assistance. Later I was told that a lawyer was here to see me, and I was able to speak with him in a visitation room. The special agent told me that the door could not be closed all the way, so it was cracked during my interaction with my lawyer. I got the impression that they were not used to having lawyers present, and were trying to follow procedure as best they could. I asked an agent if the other detainees were allowed lawyers and was not answered. At one point, 3 men from the department of Homeland Security Investigations brought me into a cell. They insinuated that they could help me out. After inquiring several times what exactly they meant they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any (I don't), or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no. Finally, after hours of detention, I was told to follow an agent. At no point was I told whether or not I was being charged, or where I was going, but I was led out of the building. I asked if I could use a phone to call my wife to pick me up, and was told I could not. After pleading for several minutes eventually Special Agent William let me use his phone to call my wife. As I was escorted off the property by government agents, I was told to turn right. I was escorted to the protest area, where 5 minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, l minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, I was simply being released without charges after an 8 hour detention. I was on the other side of the street, as instructed by the agents that released me and the agents shouting orders over a bullhorn. A passerby who was tear gassed was panicking and having an asthma attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife. During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don't need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again? Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake.
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
i feel like anyone that makes food for themselves sometimes makes a mistake, and it should be fine to live with your mistakes and turn them into other food.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social
If I lived in Minneapolis/St. Paul I would DEFINITELY have a permanent dashcam in my car.
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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danifroom.bsky.social
In America now you can be shopping with your toddler one moment and fleeing with her in your arms from a secret police attack the very next.
Young white mom fleeing on a busy city street with a young girl in her arms as ICE attacks citizens to sow fear.
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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schooley.bsky.social
Really wonder what kind of wild fictions people who support this tell themselves.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.

(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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atrupar.com
Ellison: "Enforcing federal immigration law and fighting fraud are just pretexts for this surge. The real reason is no secret -- Donald Trump and his administration have been targeting people, cities, and states that don't agree with them politically."
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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atrupar.com
St Paul Mayor Kaohly Her: "I wasn't born here. I'm carrying my ID and passport card all the time because I don't know when I'm going to be detained, when I'm going to be approached."
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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atrupar.com
Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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lollibeepop.bsky.social
An illustration of a comet hitting an ice cube that says "ABOLISH ICE" with "No human is illegal" in the bottom left corner
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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lauraillustrates.bsky.social
a gentle swim
illustration of two cute seals swimming under water with fish- a mom and baby seal. the mother seal has speckling while the baby is pure white, well not white because it's under water so light blue. there are bubbles around them as they swim downward with their heads looking up.
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
I keep seeing people asking why the police aren't arresting ICE or protecting people from ICE and I desperately need you to understand that the police aren't protecting you from ICE because protecting YOU is not and never has been their function and that's why we need to defund them.
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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jpbrammer.bsky.social
"saturnine" is such a gorgeous word... I want to use it but I feel like if I do people will be like "LMAO this nerd couldn't wait for this one"
January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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cmacdee.bsky.social
We've taken the most acute cases of toxic masculinity, given them guns, and turned them loose on our streets. This is only going to get worse. #FuckIce
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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alyssamackenzie.bsky.social
‘Just do what I say and nobody gets hurt’ - ICE agents…..and bank robbers….and terrorists…..and kidnappers

All one in the same.
January 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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williamcson.bsky.social
The people who are not moved by children being massacred in school shootings because of the policies they support will not be moved by a white mother being killed by authorities either. That’s effortless for them.
January 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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simplyskye.bsky.social
Minnesota, Minneapolis, & Saint Paul filed a lawsuit to stop ICE's occupation

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison: "We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity, for our democracy & our differences of opinion with the federal govt, is a violation of the Constitution & federal law”
People protest against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, during a rally outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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laurenwalshart.bsky.social
Just so this abundantly clear:

Fuck ICE. Fuck this administration. Fuck anyone supporting this still.
January 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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aniceburrito.bsky.social
Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
An old tweet of mine from 2021 saying “We used to have Gingerbread Men in this country. Nowadays all we have is Gingerbread Them. Retweet if you support nuclear war with China”
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
they abolished the department of education, we do not need a trojan horse to abolish ice we can just do it
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social
...and it sounded like a whisper
Illustration of two Basset hound dogs howling in agony towards the night sky. Ghosts rise from their bodies and their eyes cry red tears. Within the hound’s silhouette, a large tree burns.
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
January 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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jpbrammer.bsky.social
I was just kicked out of what turned out to be a women-only viewing party of the Land Before Time
January 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM