Federal agents pulled over a woman and her husband during a ride-share trip near 29th and Pillsbury Avenue on Monday, Dec. 15, leading to a confrontation that witnesses said turned violent and sparked outrage in the community.
Two witnesses told the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder that agents smashed the driver’s-side window while attempting to detain the woman. “So then they were starting to resist inside and they broke the window,” said Mayra Guevara. “Then they start taking them out, and that’s when they start fighting in the snow and pushing them.”
Photos obtained by MSR show nearly a dozen Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene. Minneapolis Police Department officers were also present. Elda Barreto, who rushed to the scene from St. Paul after learning about the incident, said the couple had no identification or phones in the vehicle…