The new Gestapo is completely out of control. This must be stopped.
Off-duty Twin Cities officers among those "targeted" by ICE agents looking for proof of U.S. citizenship, chief says
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.
He recounted a story that one of his officers had told him: she had been off duty when she passed Immigration and Customs Enforcement while going down the roadway. The agents "boxed her in" and "demanded her paperwork," Bruley said.
The off-duty officer didn't have paperwork with her because she is a U.S. Citizen, he said.
"When she became concerned about the rhetoric and the way she was being treated, she pulled out her phone in an attempt to record incident. The phone was knocked out of her hands," Bruley said.
She eventually identified herself as a Brooklyn Park officer, at which point the agents left, he said.
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.
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