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BumRushDaShow

(166,686 posts) Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:06 AM Yesterday

Police arrest protesters outside Minnesota hotel believed to house ICE agents

Source: Scripps News

Posted 7:06 AM, Jan 27, 2026 and last updated 3:09 PM, Jan 27, 2026

Police in suburban Minneapolis took 24 people into custody Monday evening outside a hotel where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were believed to be staying.

The Maple Grove Police Department said some protesters “engaged in unlawful behavior,” including damaging property and throwing objects at officers. Police ordered the crowd to disperse, and those who remained were detained. Police said charges ranged from unlawful assembly to rioting. Officials said they would provide more details on the type of charges at a later time.

Hotels believed to house ICE agents have been frequent targets of protesters, who use whistles and other noisemakers in an effort to disrupt agents’ sleep. Video from outside the SpringHill Suites showed dozens of people banging pots and pans, beating drums and using other noisemakers.

Maple Grove police said the department has not been involved in immigration enforcement activities. However, local police agencies have responded to anti-ICE protests.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/police-arrest-protesters-outside-minnesota-hotel-believed-to-house-ice-agents

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Police arrest protesters outside Minnesota hotel believed to house ICE agents (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters progree Yesterday #1

They must be using Minnesota as a test site for all this illegal crap. C Moon Yesterday #2

By title, it would appear minnesota and the localities are using it quakerboy 1 hr ago #10

Ironically BumRushDaShow Yesterday #3

Here's some ICE agents mooning and giving the finger to the protesters IcyPeas 22 hrs ago #4

Now that's professional PatSeg 20 hrs ago #6

Maple Grove, eh? OldBaldy1701E 22 hrs ago #5

But they can't arrest, or even question the murder suspects staying at the hotel Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #7

Funny how LEO is supposedly all about the people in their communities, yet only travelingthrulife 19 hrs ago #8

The only thing that pisses off the local LEOs Miguelito Loveless 13 hrs ago #9

progree

(12,783 posts)

1. Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:15 AM

Yesterday

CBS Minnesota, 1/27/26
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-patrol-long-range-acoustic-device/

Dozens of protesters were detained Monday night after making a lot of noise outside a hotel where they believed the Border Patrol commander was staying.

Something troopers threatened to use to clear the crowd made a lot of ears perk up. It's called a "long range acoustic device," or LRAD.

Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to communicate and disperse noisy protesters.

"The LRAD is like a loudspeaker, but it focuses the sound in a narrow cone, so that if you're inside the cone, it's extremely loud," said retired Marine Colonel Mark Cancian, a senior adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

. . . Police say they arrested 26 people for unlawful assembly and misdemeanor riot charges.

C Moon

(13,521 posts)

2. They must be using Minnesota as a test site for all this illegal crap.

Reply to progree (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:52 AM

Yesterday

quakerboy

(14,764 posts)

10. By title, it would appear minnesota and the localities are using it

Reply to C Moon (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 29, 2026, 04:54 AM

1 hr ago

On their own citizens. .

It gets confusing. Minnesota national guard hands out coffee and donuts, then the Minnesota state police use lrad on protestors to protect the ice officers peaceful sleep, and local PD arrest protestors to make sure ICE can get a good nights rest?

BumRushDaShow

(166,686 posts)

3. Ironically

Reply to progree (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 04:31 AM

Yesterday

I have an uncle who lives in Maple Grove (has been there for almost 30 years). Had visited his first house there almost that long ago but he eventually moved to another one not long after. So when I saw this story, it caught my attention!!

IcyPeas

(25,036 posts)

4. Here's some ICE agents mooning and giving the finger to the protesters

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:21 AM

22 hrs ago

I picture these guys to be like Don Jr. and Jesse Watters except with muscles. They are just idiot bros with a junior high school mentality of a 14 year old boy. These are the professionals that Karoline Leavitt talks about?

It's clarifying to see these chodes with their masks down, asses out for the world to see, and as the irredeemable incel losers that they truly are
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-28T03:20:52.507Z

PatSeg

(52,429 posts)

6. Now that's professional

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:39 AM

20 hrs ago

OldBaldy1701E

(10,527 posts)

5. Maple Grove, eh?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:22 AM

22 hrs ago

Why am I not surprised?

So, earplugs should be added to your 'protest' pack.

In my opinion, we need a group of deaf protestors to go there. Watch them laugh as the police use that device.