US EditionMinneapolis mayor: Trump wants us to ‘take the bait’ on agitators at protests
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged peaceful protests after the fatal shooting of Renee Good amid over 1,000 nationwide events opposing large ICE deployments, organizers said.
- On Saturday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged demonstrators to remain peaceful and warned unlawful acts would aid President Donald Trump, saying `We will not counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos. He wants us to take the bait,' Frey said.
- Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, civil liberties groups like Civic Action, Voto Latino, and Indivisible planned nationwide rallies after police responded to protests outside a hotel hosting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
- Responding officers declared an unlawful assembly at Hilton Canopy Hotel after over 1,000 protesters escalated a 'noise protest,' and Brian O'Hara said, `We initiated a plan and took our time to de-escalate the situation.'
- Minneapolis law enforcement said arrests followed clashes outside lodging for ICE agents, and Brian O'Hara said one police officer was injured in the response.
- This week, related shootings have sparked protests in Minneapolis, Portland and other U.S. cities, with weekend demonstrations planned and organizers calling for an end to large-scale ICE deployments.
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Duluth News Tribune
After fatal ICE shooting, Minneapolis mayor urges activists to avoid Trump's 'bait'
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Saturday urged demonstrators protesting the fatal shooting of a motorist by a U.S. immigration agent to stay peaceful, saying that any unlawful actions would play into U.S. President Donald Trump's hands. Frey, a Democrat, cautioned them as civil liberties and migrant-rights groups prepared nationwide rallies to protest the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement o…
In the face of the Minneapolis protests, Mayor Jacob Frey warns against a "bode" of the US President. Illegal acts would put Trump in his hands.
After the U.S. immigration agency ICE shoots a woman in her car, hundreds of protests are announced for the weekend. The mayor of Minneapolis appeals to the non-violence of demonstrators: everything else would play President Donald Trump in the cards.
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