Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara used a church pulpit this week to strongly condemn ICE raids. This came as anger grew over a video showing federal agents forcing a seemingly pregnant woman face-down into the snow and dragging her across an icy street.
Speaking Tuesday from a church in Minnesota’s largest city, O’Hara warned that the recent wave of immigration sweeps had disrupted daily life in Minneapolis. Many businesses closed, and entire neighborhoods were too scared to go outside. “The fear that people are experiencing is real,” O’Hara said.
His comments followed a chaotic traffic stop in south Minneapolis on Monday. The incident was captured on video, which quickly spread online. The footage shows armed federal agents kneeling on a woman and pushing her face into the snow while bystanders shout that she is pregnant. Despite the pleas, agents appeared to ignore the crowd and pulled the woman across the icy road by one arm as onlookers screamed for her release…