Off-duty Twin Cities officers among those "targeted" by ICE agents looking for proof of U.S. citizenship, chief says

2026-01-21 04:50 UTC

Off-duty police officers in the Twin Cities have been “targeted” by federal agents looking for proof of U.S. citizenship, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said Tuesday. Bruley was among several law enforcement leaders who expressed their concerns at a press conference that Operation Metro Surge is leading to “civil rights violations in our streets.” He added that in the last two weeks, as community members have been submitting “endless complaints,” that several of the officers in his department had also been stopped by federal law enforcement. “Every one of these individuals is a person of color,” Bruley added

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@thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-21 05:03

Cops realizing that the police state can come for them too will never not be funny to me.

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@eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-21 05:12

"we attacked the public of our city to protect the ice agents, and our union issued a statement in full support of ice and their tactics, but now they're hurting the wrong people!"

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@Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2026-01-21 05:39

Okay, so now that ICE is attacking you, MPD, are you actually going to do your job to protect the people of Minneapolis and arrest the federal goons who are disturbing the peace?

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@Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-21 05:11

Pigs getting pigged

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@zd9@lemmy.world 2026-01-21 05:18

Quiet Piggy... go DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

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@DougHolland@lemmy.world 2026-01-21 10:59

Oh, the irony, of police officers being hassled and having guns pulled on them because of the color of their skin.

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@tea@lemmy.today 2026-01-21 07:19

Yeah, I'm torn between thankful that they are acknowledging the problem and sad that it takes being personally affected to get there. Same with regretful MAGA voters with faces all leopard eaten...like, glad you had a change of heart, but seriously fuck you.

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@the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2026-01-21 13:04

If those pigs had done their jobs to begin with this would be a problem. But no they dont give a fuck until it affects them. Fuck those pigs.

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