Gov. Tim Walz made a big false claim on Sunday, claiming that the riots in the wake of the Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti were actually peaceful protests. Well, if you didn't count the throwing things at law enforcement, the graffiti, and a rioter biting off part of a federal agent's finger, everything was just hunky dory.
He wasn't exactly working with the truth. He claimed it was ICE who shot Pretti, and he compared ICE picking up people to Anne Frank.
But even on the same day Walz was trying to defend them as peaceful, they then went on to wreak destruction on a hotel they thought had ICE staying at, a Home2Suites hotel in Minneapolis.
They blocked off the street with debris, including pallets and even a mattress. They broke the front windows and sprayed graffiti on everything.
Warning for graphic language in the following videos:
#BREAKING: Far-left activists and Antifa militants are targeting a Home 2 Suites by Hilton at 2808 University Ave SE in Minneapolis. They suspect ICE agents are staying at this hotel. Total chaos has erupted. There is only one cop at this mob scene. @TPUSA|@choeshow pic.twitter.com/0uqs66doXA
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) January 26, 2026
They even broke through the front doors, trashing the lobby and tussling with the security that was there.
BREAKING 🚨: anti-ice protestors have teared down through a hotel lobby where they believe ICE agents are sleeping at. No police presence outside a lone MPD officer. pic.twitter.com/SpBiugRNV5
— Anthony (@anthonycabassa) January 26, 2026
You can see the people trying to push through the security here on X.
One federal agent was clearly injured; he had a bloody hand. It's not clear how he was injured.
CALLING FOR HELP: Two federal officers were surrounded by a mob of far-left activists in the lobby of the Home 2 Suites by Hilton in Minneapolis Sunday evening.
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) January 26, 2026
One officer appeared to have a bloody hand and was heard calling for back up. @tpusa|@choeshow pic.twitter.com/7jBGU41lcp
The injured officer carries his weapon despite bloodied hands, and sustaining an injury.
— Anthony (@anthonycabassa) January 26, 2026
Minneapolis, MN 📍 https://t.co/5YkHd9rYbI pic.twitter.com/RyGcu4xp8I
There was one MPD cop in the lobby; he had worked with hotel security to try to keep them out. For more than an hour, there were no other local cops, despite the destruction.
They even trashed vehicles they apparently thought were related to ICE in the parking lot.
HOT MESS: Far-left activists have also targeted vehicles they suspect belong to ICE agents at this Home 2 Suites by Hilton in Minneapolis. @TPUSA|@choeshow pic.twitter.com/cYyOIbq1uo
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) January 26, 2026
Finally, the local police showed up and got the location under control. They announced it was the Minneapolis Police Department and that all the agitators were under arrest.
BREAKING 🚨: Local police just pulled up to the scene of the protest with an armored tank, dispersing the crowd with less than lethal. Smoke everywhere, police saying everyone here is under arrest. pic.twitter.com/yyaZmLJuR1
— Anthony (@anthonycabassa) January 26, 2026
They managed to secure the location, but that's not protesting.
It's harassment, stalking, assault, property damage, and a variety of other things.
It's ridiculous that it took so long for the police to show up. They simply are not enforcing the law as they should to protect the people, including all the people in the hotel who have a right to expect peace while there.
That's on their Democratic leaders, who have made it clear they're on the side of the crazies and the illegal aliens.
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