Days after a large-scale federal raid at a Lake Street restaurant sparked protests and fear of immigration enforcement, questions remain about the nature of the operation and the role of local law enforcement.
On June 3, multiple federal agencies executed a search warrant at Taqueria y Birrieria Las Cuatro Milpas, located in the heart of Minneapolis’s Mexican business district. Community members described what appeared to be an “ICE raid,” prompting a swift response from protesters who confronted law enforcement on the scene.
Video posted on social media showed agents and officers — some wearing masks and lacking clear identification — pushing protesters aside as an unmarked van with darkened windows departed the area. Some protesters threw objects in the vehicle’s path. Law enforcement deployed chemical irritants, pepper balls, and Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs), a sound-based crowd-control technology, to disperse the crowd…