ICE targeted off-duty police officers in Twin Cities, local police say

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/21/minnesota-minneapolis-off-duty-police-targeted-ice/

Mark Bruley, police chief of Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Park, said at a Tuesday news conference that an off-duty police officer had been “boxed … in” by vehicles driven by ICE agents, who demanded with guns drawn to see paperwork proving the officer had a right to be in the United States. “She’s a U.S. citizen, and clearly would not have any paperwork,” he said.

The officer attempted to begin filming the interaction and her phone was knocked out of her hand, Bruley said. When she identified herself as a police officer, the federal agents “immediately left,” he said.

All of the off-duty police officers who had been targeted by ICE in his city were people of color,✓ Bruley said.

“I wish I could tell you that this was an isolated incident,” he said, adding, “if it is happening to our officers, it pains me to think how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day.”