# The ICE shootings in Minneapolis (1/7/2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 8, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461 "2026-01-08T05:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/693 "2026-01-15T22:36:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > ## ICE agent shoots man in leg as Minneapolis protests flare I thought this had a familiar ring… From October 2019 > **[Trump asked about shooting migrants crossing border in the legs: Sources](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-asked-shooting-migrants-crossing-border-legs/story?id=66003927)** > > President Trump, in a private meeting with close aides, asked whether the U.S. could shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down, ABC News confirmed Wednesday. Also from October 2019 > # Shoot Migrants’ Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump’s Ideas for Border > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage) > … > Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate. He wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh. After publicly suggesting that soldiers shoot migrants if they threw rocks, the president backed off when his staff told him that was illegal. But later in a meeting, aides recalled, **he suggested that they shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down.** That’s not allowed either, they told him. > … My bold I guess good ideas never die, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/694 "2026-01-15T22:44:03Z")
I saw that report since last night. I heard them say the guy was a Venezuelan. They’re gonna play this til we puke. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/695 "2026-01-15T22:45:34Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > They could round up brown people and terrorize neighborhoods anywhere in the country. And we can fight them anywhere in the country. The protests and resistance are only going to get fiercer from here out. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/696 "2026-01-15T22:49:03Z")
My point, perhaps poorly made, is that it is no coincidence that Trump’s violence is occurring where it is. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/697 "2026-01-15T23:23:33Z")
Kansas City just put up a roadblock for an ICE detention facility. [Hours after ICE toured a Kansas City warehouse, council blocks federal detention center permits.](https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-01-15/hours-after-ice-toured-kansas-city-warehouse-council-blocks-federal-detention-center-permits) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/698 "2026-01-16T00:01:55Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > This week, for the first time in my almost-51 years, I’m concluding that the chance of me dying in a civil war is _not_ 0%. God, how horrible that this is not an exaggeration. (Admittedly, still pretty low, but not 0%.) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/699 "2026-01-16T00:09:02Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > God, how horrible that this is not an exaggeration. (Admittedly, still pretty low, but not 0%.) I always pictured it more as a Bleeding Kansas situation where some Border Ruffian drags my Jayhawk ass out of bed in the middle of the night and shoots me in the face. Now it might actually be the federal government itself, so it’s nice to know there are still some surprises left in life. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/700 "2026-01-16T02:01:21Z")
I’ve been role playing getting a knock on my door by ICE. “What took you so long?” is the response I’ve settled on. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/701 "2026-01-16T02:36:47Z")
The last sentence in my post should have said invocation of the Insurrection Act “will probably be limited to metropolitan areas in blue/purple states since it appears the people in rural areas and red states are pretty happy with what is happening” _in blue states and cities._ To my knowledge none of this is happening in rural areas and very little in small cities in states like Florida and Texas. These assholes know these tactics won’t go over well in places like that. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/702 "2026-01-16T03:27:24Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I’ve been role playing getting a knock on my door by ICE. I’ve been wondering what I should say as well. Living here in Arkansas, we’re not exactly a hot spot for ICE activity, though they’ve been doing their thing here too, so it’s unlikely ICE will ever bother me. It doesn’t help that I look like your typical Arkansas MAGA type. But I wasn’t born in the United States proper. My father was a servicemember and I was born overseas. Even if I had my Department of Defense birth certificate on hand, if the ICEhole has a bee in his bonnet, he might decide that’s not proof enough of my citizenship status. I don’t want to talk to those jerks, at all. I certainly won’t answer them if they ask where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/703 "2026-01-16T03:33:31Z")
They’re rejecting Real ID and other valid citizenship documents. If they want you, they’ll take you. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/704 "2026-01-16T03:40:48Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > The red staters don’t mind the violence in other places, but would not be happy if it happened in their own locale. And I think Trump and his handlers know that enough to not send thugs to red states and urban areas. They are in the red states. Lots of them here in the blue city of Memphis. Haven’t you heard all about that? No, of course you haven’t. Because they are keeping things very low-key here to avoid attention. They aren’t chasing people down in the parking lots of Home Depot. They aren’t dragging people from their jobs mowing lawns and repairing roofs. I suspect this is because they know that the terror tactics will keep a bunch of undocumented people home, which is bad for business. Hurting Walz’s economy = good, hurting Tennessee’s economy = bad. They are deporting a lot of people, though. I’d bet they are deporting more people from Memphis right now than they are from Minneapolis. They know they can do the job without extreme violence but that is exactly what they want to do in the blue states. For all the reasons people have mentioned here. It’s not really about immigration, it is about instilling terror to advance their agenda. There is no real organized resistance here. Like I said, their operations are on the downlow. They’ll have pop-up checkpoints and cut and run when people start to show up. The biggest story last week was that a restaurant owner refused to allow ICE to enter to have a meal. Those guys called their buddies and soon there were National Guard members and Memphis Police officers in his parking lot scaring away customers. Just some routine intimidation. I’m sure things like this are happening in red states all over the country. > [@bobot](#): > > My point, perhaps poorly made, is that it is no coincidence that Trump’s violence is occurring where it is. Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/705 "2026-01-16T03:41:08Z")
“Dave’s not here, man!” ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/706 "2026-01-16T03:46:37Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > They’re rejecting Real ID and other valid citizenship documents. If they want you, they’ll take you. I’ve seen reports that they refuse to even look at identification. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/707 "2026-01-16T03:47:46Z")
They definitely disregarded a physician who wanted to examine Ms. Good. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/708 "2026-01-16T04:01:07Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I’ve seen reports that they refuse to even look at identification. I’ve seen video of them looking at identification . . . and then photographing it so they can enter the identity of American citizens into an ICE/DHS database. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/709 "2026-01-16T04:12:59Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > I’ve seen reports that they refuse to even look at identification. > > I’ve seen video of them looking at identification . . . and then photographing it so they can enter the identity of American citizens into an ICE/DHS database. OMG that is unsettling. It definitely seems like they are aggressively pursuing a campaign of instilling fear and terror. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/710 "2026-01-16T04:28:49Z")
I’m sure the fear and confusion is playing into their game plan. Of course when our migrant farm workers in the spring come to plant, possibly stay over for harvest we’ll see what happens. Here in South Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/711 "2026-01-16T04:30:04Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > They’re rejecting Real ID and other valid citizenship documents. If they want you, they’ll take you. Are we required to carry “our papers” in the US? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461/712 "2026-01-16T06:31:08Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’ve seen video of them looking at identification . . . and then photographing it so they can enter the identity of American citizens into an ICE/DHS database. My pharmacy and Doctor’s office do the same thing with my license which was certified with my birth certificate as was my passport. If I’m pulled over or otherwise dealing with an officer I have to proactively announce I have a CCW license and present it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ice-shootings-in-minneapolis-1-7-2026/1026461.md?page=36)