ICE Crashes Into, Then STEALS Car in Front of Elementary School

"They're stealing the car!" Minneapolis observer yells after ICE agents crashed into someone's car, chased him, and then stole the car. "This is clearly not about immigration," observer tells us.

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As President Trump sent border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis to supposedly calm the chaos he has created, on January 28th, we covered a dangerous scene in which ICE agents rammed into a driver—in front of a Minneapolis elementary school—chased him, and then stole his car (watch video above).

During all of this, observers blew their whistles and screamed at the masked thugs to “get the f*ck out of here!” and to stop terrorizing their community.

“We're f*cking exercising our first amendment rights! The neighborhood is watching you, we got eyes on you, you’re not welcome here!” observers can be heard yelling at ICE agents as they hovered over the now-abandoned vehicle of the driver they intentionally crashed into.

At one point, an ICE agent taunted observers, asking them “can I get a whistle?”

“F*ck off dude! You’re in front of a school!”

After a long clash between observers and the reckless ICE agents, one of those ICE agents got into the driver’s seat of the car they rammed into—and drove off with it (commonly known as THEFT!).

“You’re leaving the scene of the accident…they’re stealing the car!” observers screamed as the ICE agents drove off.

An emotional mother, who has two children in the elementary school in front of the ICE-created car crash, spoke with our reporter Tina-Desiree Berg at the scene:

“It is probably the worst part of all of this, trying to explain to my kids why this is happening and letting them know that, everyday at some point I’m gonna be outside of your school making sure you’re safe; all of us parents are out here working together with community members to make sure you’re safe, and your teachers are safe, and the school staff are safe. To me that highlights how vile and inhumane and cruel ICE’s tactics and strategies are.”

It goes without saying—these ICE and Border Patrol agents are OUT OF CONTROL—and this is not the “safer, more efficient, by the book” approach that Border Czar Tom Homan—who Trump just deployed to take over ICE operations in Minneapolis after demoting Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino—promised.

Three U.S. citizens have been killed by ICE and Border Patrol since New Year’s—Keith Porter, Renee Nicole Good, and Alex Pretti—and now ICE agents are playing bumper cars in front of elementary schools. Our reporters and video journalists have been working 16-18 hour days, following ICE and Border Patrol raids across Minneapolis and St. Paul, then broadcasting from live protests, and then going to hotel protests at night. This is EXHAUSTING—and DANGEROUS work.

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