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Autumn Billings

Federal Agents Used a Battering Ram to Enter a Minneapolis Home Without Valid Warrant, Video Shows

As tensions around Operation Metro Surge, the ongoing immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, continue to rise following the shooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good on January 7, the tactics used by federal agents to make arrests are undergoing increased scrutiny. 

On Sunday, the Associated Press published a video showing a group of masked agents in protective gear, carrying weapons. The agents are seen approaching a Minneapolis home through a loud crowd of protestors and observers, before one officer takes a battering ram to the home's front door, striking it several times until it flies open. Officers stand back, pointing their rifles into the house, and likely order someone to exit the house. A woman appears in view, yells something inaudible at the agents through the doorway, and attempts to close the door. The officers then enter the home, before leaving with a man—later identified as Garrison Gibson—in handcuffs. "A distraught woman later emerged from the house with a document that federal agents presented to arrest the man," reports the A.P. 

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