After accidentally getting caught between protesters and immigration officers this week, a Minneapolis couple said an officer rolled a tear gas canister under their family’s SUV, flooding the vehicle with toxic fumes that left them and several of their six children, including an infant, in need of hospital treatment.
The Jackson family’s harrowing experience in Minneapolis illustrates how ordinary residents are being inadvertently drawn into a significant federal crackdown, even if they are not among those actively protesting. This incident unfolded amidst what has been described as the largest federal operation to date initiated by the Trump administration in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
