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Federal agents pinned a man to the ground in south Minneapolis and sprayed him with chemical irritants directly in the face. Minnesota Star Tribune photographer Rich Tsong-Taatarii did not witness the man put his hands on agents.

Minnesota Star Tribune

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22 Jan

Photographer Rich Tsong-Taatarii said the already tense scene at Blaisdell and 28th Street escalated when a Border Patrol agent shoved a woman with a bicycle to the ground.

Minnesota Star Tribune

@startribune.com

22 Jan

Witnesses said two teenagers and possibly a third woman were taken away by federal agents.

Minnesota Star Tribune

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Here’s a video of the incident captured by Ben Luhmann. bsky.app/profile/star...

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com

This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

22/1/26, 1:49 am44 reposts95 likes

Brian Engelhart

@engelhartbrian.bsky.social

22 Jan

Look at the panic on the face of the officer who sprays the irritant. It’s almost like we shouldn’t have deputized a bunch of rural virgins to occupy an American city. These dudes are in over their heads and citizens are paying the price.

Gery

@littleredhenvotes.bsky.social

22 Jan

They need to be arrested for assault, a badge doesn’t give someone the right to brutalize people