Dozens arrested and one police officer injured in Minneapolis protests

Officials said another hotel in the city was also targeted and had window and graffiti damage.
At a news conference on Saturday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey applauded the majority of protesters who he said have been peaceful, but noted that individuals who cause damage to property or put others in harm’s way would be arrested.
The 29 people arrested on Friday night were later released, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said.
O’Hara said that by 01:00 local time (07:00 GMT), the crowd had been dispersed, and his officers deployed a “disciplined and restrained response”.
Many Minnesotans have been frustrated by the presence of ICE in the state and O’Hara said his department was getting dozens of phone calls every day about the federal agency’s operations.
On Saturday, three congresswomen from Minnesota also attempted to tour an ICE facility in Minneapolis. The women said they were initially allowed to enter, but were then told they had to leave.
Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison and Angie Craig said ICE and the Department of Homeland Security were obstructing members of Congress from fulfilling their duty to oversee operations there.
“They do not care that they are violating federal law,” Craig said.
“The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities,” Omar posted on X.
Further protests are planned in Minneapolis this weekend, as well as in Texas, Florida, Washington DC and elsewhere in the US, according to Indivisible, an organisation that formed to resist the Trump administration.




