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BREAKING: Police ARREST Protesters Outside ICE Hotel | LIVE in Minneapolis

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "BREAKING: Police ARREST Protesters Outside ICE Hotel | LIVE in Minneapolis", an episode of MeidasTouch published February 5, 2026 (2 h 22 min, about 8,819 words). It mentions 7 people, works and ideas, including ICE, Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Governor Tim Walz, Marcado Media.

What this episode is about

Protesters at the University of Minnesota are staging a noise demonstration outside a hotel housing ICE agents in Minneapolis, leading to multiple arrests. This protest follows recent protests against ICE raids in the Twin Cities, highlighting escalating tensions between demonstrators and law enforcement as agents employ aggressive tactics during operations.

Key takeaways

  • In Minnesota, protests are now the norm—welcome to the home of student-led noise ordinances!
  • ICE and local police are swapping high fives, proving that community oversight doesn't sleep when fascism is awake.
  • Frostbite isn’t stopping protesters; determination runs warmer in their veins than the subzero Minnesotan nights.
  • When 'normal' becomes protests and arrests, perhaps it's time to redefine what 'normal' really means.
  • Students are rewriting the playbook: from academic excellence to civil unrest, fighting for futures, not just grades.

Who speaks in this episode?

  • John (Guest) · 1 h 40 min speaking
  • Nicholas (Guest) · 14 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 15:00: Minneapolis, Twin Cities
  2. – 45:00: Minneapolis, Twin Cities
  3. – 1:00:00: Minneapolis, Ford Fisher, Marcado Media
  4. – 1:30:00: DHS Secretary Chrissy Gnome
  5. – 1:45:00: ICE

Notable quotes from "BREAKING: Police ARREST Protesters Outside ICE Hotel | LIVE in Minneapolis"

  • It's been a long day. Long Beach, but definitely a long day. because we were out from 6:00 a.m. covering ice raids all across the Twin Cities just driving around in the car for 10 to 12 hours, documenting the raids.
    about Twin Cities · at
  • Subscribed and if you can support our work here on the ground in Minnesota. I have been here I feel like I live here now. I've been here since early December.
    about Minneapolis · at
  • Me in my life. But understood how this system works. I do understand how this system works. They're all trying to tell you it's a fraternity. It is alternating. There's nothing to say.
    about ICE · at
  • Hey guys, we got Marcado Media here.
    about Marcado Media · at
  • And because Waltz was on the ballot with Kamla Harris and he's just a sore loser or a sore winner as the case may be.
    about Governor Tim Walz · at
  • Disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration enforcement and only 34% approved. DHS Secretary Chrissy Gnome got even worse ratings than the president in quarterback's poll.…
    about DHS Secretary Chrissy Gnome · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Governor Tim Walz — Person · Referenced elected official (Minnesota Governor) · 3 mentions
    Cited by protesters as a state-level Democratic leader they believe is not doing enough; used as a focal point for criticism of local/state political response.
  • Ford Fisher — Person · Referenced journalist on scene · 1 mention · first at
    Identified by the streamer as another independent journalist present at the protest, encouraging viewers to subscribe—positioning him as allied/peer media covering the same events.
    Then we also got Ford Fisher here. All right, he's up here.
  • DHS Secretary Chrissy Gnome — Person · Referenced government official (DHS leadership) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the context of public opinion polling about DHS/ICE enforcement; the speaker cites her unfavorable ratings as evidence of backlash to ICE tactics.

Companies & orgs

  • ICE — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at
    ICE is the central focus of the protest, with the students and community members opposing its actions and presence in the area.
  • Marcado Media — Company · Third party · 1 mention · first at
    Marcado Media is mentioned as another independent media outlet covering the events, indicating a collaborative or parallel effort in journalism.

Places & events

  • Minneapolis — Place · Setting · 5 mentions · first at
    The protest and police action are taking place in Minneapolis, making it a central location in the episode.
  • Twin Cities — Place · Setting · 3 mentions · first at
    The Twin Cities area is mentioned as the broader region where ICE raids and protests are occurring.

Full transcript with timestamps

Heat up here. All right, everyone. Welcome, welcome. We are live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is this is on uh University of Minnesota campus uh near Minneapolis. Uh we are live outside the graduate hotel uh where there is a noise demo uh because uh they told police this is a studentled protest students of uh the univers University of Minnesota have put together this protest to disrupt make noise uh keep the agents that are safe and this hotel keep them up their sleep and their Guys, uh, as you can see, I'll get the camera in there by talking for a bit. Uh, you see the all the windows around the hotel are boarded up.

Uh, Zach and I covered a protest here a couple weeks ago. Uh, then there were a couple of more protests here with uh about 70 arrest last time uh, which was just a few days ago. Uh so this become a uh a normal thing here in in Minnesota where there is something uh the rest of of ice agent saying all across the state. Smash the like button. Share this live stream. I can't even hear myself. Hope you guys can hear me. Uh but this is John the camera. I am live by myself. Uh everybody getting some rest. Uh I'm out here. Uh, so I haven't been alive in a while, so uh, bear with me.

Uh, it's been a long day. Long Beach, but definitely a long day. Uh, because we were out from 6:00 a.m. covering ice raids uh, all across uh, the Twin Cities just driving around in the car for 10 to 12 hours, documenting the uh, the uh, the raids that are happening on the streets. all over Twin City. Uh and people think that uh just because they're pulling back 700 agents, so they claim that and their tactics are going to change their ease up and more targeted range. We've seen uh we've seen different tactics. They have changed up a bit. Not so much today, but they are going straight to pulling out their guns. Uh we had a guy pull out his taser today.

Uh head is always out and ready. Uh so they are definitely taking up their package. We have not is not here anymore. It is now uh just ICE. And these officers that you see here uh in front of the the graduate hotel are state and local police. Uh so I would say if I had to estimate How many people are here right now? I would say 75. 75 people. Uh and these aren't the only officers that are out here. There's a lot more uh around the corner. They have swan cars all lined up with a smart bear. That's like the uh the big tank that they roll out.

um that we've seen. So they are and there are even more officers inside the uh the hotel. So smash the like button again, share your uh subscribe if you are not yet subscribed and if you can support our work here on the ground in Minnesota. I I have been here I feel like I live here now. Um uh I've been here since early December. Uh on and off I've only been home for a couple days at a time. Not so much less. I can't rest when there's this this much happening and fascism is just getting [ __ ] out of control here. So I I don't need a support community on the ground show you guys what is happening because you can't rely on any other any other corporate networks mainstream media.

They're not going to give it to you like you. They're not going to tell you the truth. So if you can become a member of susp.com/stream, sign up. It's just $5 a month, 16 cents a day. We appreciate all your support and shout out to the to the Twin Cities community that always shows us us love when we're out covering protest documenting the raids. Even if I'm just sitting in a restaurant, people will come up to me and say, "Con, thank you so much. What you guys doing outside we we really appreciate it. You guys you guys give us so much hope." That is that is the the response we get here on the ground because of the work we've been doing here for for two months straight.

So shout out to the community. Thank you for the love. And you know when we go to gas stations or coffee shops we get coffee going. We really appreciate that. All right guys uh I'm walk around a bit. Just give me a second. I'm by myself, so I got to I got to adjust my my equipment and I wear my gloves. My hands are sore. My fingers have not healed completely from the frost bite that happened uh uh a month ago uh 2 months ago now, almost 2 months ago. But yeah, I'm still hurting. So, uh bear with me here. And uh so what's going to happen here? What happened last time is at 10:00, the police are going to call at 1000 p.m.

Central. That will be 11:00 p.m. Eastern. Police are going to declare an unlawful assembly because of the noise ordinance. And they're going to come in maybe people, push people out, arrest, make arrests, brutalize people. And again, this is state and local police, all right? Not not border patrol state and local police are reinforcing this.

Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right. So, we have a lot of people out here with pads, pants, uh instruments, uh anything they can do, anything they can bring to make noise. Here go the drums.

Heat. Heat. Tell me where you want to find yourself. I mean, my family came out of here. Our family came from came to this country in the 1990s and see civil war and unrest and we got this sick in office trying to create a unrest. We won't [ __ ] get a law because this is our [ __ ] school future. Our parent is to come here for me to be born here for me to work my ass off and go to school here and you think that [ __ ] ruined that? [ __ ] no. There's so many families just like me who are trying to have a better life in this country and they have succeeded and there are examples of it on this camp and students. So you think they better learn that he's having ourselves and the civil unrest are trying to [ __ ] work the [ __ ] team they're trying to do the [ __ ] we all know the tactics they are moving 700 and they are doing face.

It seems so aggressive on Yeah. Yeah. Obviously the whole rhetoric of fighting for the top down is to be aggressive, to be violent, to be hostile. The group of brutality is the point of their tactics. Here's how they operate. That's how Nazi operates. That's how the operates. about the pages he operates, not American law enforcement. You think the Democrats are doing enough in this moment to fight? [ __ ] no. Welcome to good trouble. We're out here doing good trouble. Be patient with us. We're trying to [ __ ] press out of here. You're the one in the office. Keep doing some [ __ ] horseshit. Get the [ __ ] out of our state.

How do you feel about your local and state uh police going up here ready to brutalize protesters? That [ __ ] hurts me. That disappoints me. The whole life car has always been a sort of good company that comes to trying to arrest me in my life. But understood how this system works. I do understand how this system works. They're all trying to tell you it's a fraternity. It is alternating. There's nothing to say.

Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. My friend. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Firew. I'm not going to be able to

take on street and state violence. The reason why I didn't say anything about it is that we are part of the same oppression for black and indigenous people all throughout the history of this country. It's not new. It's not Germany. This has been historically a terrorist institution from hundreds of years ago. So the model is dealing with the people um and we don't have to be reform completely reought because very clearly it doesn't work for me

that they are removing I have been more targeted. Have you seen any on the street? I' I've been out on the street. There are not any less aggressive. What have you seen? So, I don't live in a neighborhood that is a lot of activity, but I know from neighbors across other parts of town that nothing has changed. And in fact, if we consider removing the 700 agents, technically we're down to the level that were there before operation. So I believe that the vehicle and 700 left agents ultimately need something. We need out of everywhere.

Do you think and local Democrats are doing enough at this moment? Absolutely not. I don't think that giving us fair enough. We need to prove relationships for people. We need to be democratized and control. We need to have a victim for them and we need to be not pulling money from affordable housing to help. We should um many different places.

So, no, they're not getting enough. Not too late. Sorry, that was long, but I really Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right. Good. So, every every now and then, every couple minutes, you'll see uh more local and state police coming out. Uh, it's a shift change, so they'll come out and the guys have been out here, they'll go in. But keep in mind, 10:00 Central, 11:00 Eastern, uh, that's when the, uh, the noise ordinance kicks in. Uh, police will probably declare an unlawful assembly. They got the LRAD uh around the back here. So that is ready to be deployed uh for the announcement. Uh and then if people if protesters don't leave uh then they make arrest.

Uh so keep that in mind. Heat. Heat. have protest. You do not have absolute immunity. We will not protect you. You are not eternal. Quit your job. before it's too late. You're all murderers and nothing. You murder American innocent. Is that why you

Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I'll be able to hear you, but the audio Tell me why you want to be on I was doing the U of and I want to be here tonight because I have friends that are affected by this more than I am. Okay. Um people are being taken illegally and we have to make a space at least at the minimum. I'll do what I can to make the space around me for people like all I've been through all that wanted to come to you in a way you know and it's sad to see like such a hateful environment being like I throw that my campus where I decided to go to school because I looking for somewhere that was inclusive and like was accepting of people like me and everyone in general and you know the police last weekend or last week when we we pulled up for similar noise that like this they run all the media like okay I'll taken without like any actual isation until

later. And it's just sad to see UMPD fighting with ICE like this, especially the Grand Hotel ordering such like this. It's just sad to see honestly claiming that they're pulling 700 out of there. Huh? I only

go back and I would say I personally have, but I know everyone's feeling it the same. Just having ice here makes so many people feel unsafe and not able to live their lives the way they should be, the way everyone should be. And it it's just really hard to see. I just do you think state and local Democrats are doing enough, you know?

No. Hell no. Not even close. The Democratic party at this point needs to entire people. These people, they're way too their own. They're not in touch with reality with the people that we are today with the hearts of of the people that they are supposed to serve so dutifully. They aren't even in touch with it anymore. And it's sad to see them side with ice like this, especially when there's so much more they could be doing as an opposition party. One more question. You might imagine this, but how do you feel about local state and local civil rights you guys? I feel the same way. Our first amendment our first amendment right to protest freely. You know, it should be protection no matter what the cost, especially as students, students throughout our history have been able to protest freely. Okay? Whereas in Vietnam War now, I don't understand why it should be any different at all.

Thank you for keeping our voices heard. All right. There you go. A student at the University of Minnesota University of Minnesota. These are the campus. So this is a student life protest here. Oh my god.

So, this is probably just another shift change, but like I said, uh in about 45 minutes, they're going to declare local assembly because of the 10 p.m. noise ordinance. Uh so we we may see some All right. So this is this is another shift change. All right. So uh more police are going back into the hotel, but I'm sure when it gets close to the Pentagon, they're going to come out here and line up.

Anyway, sorry I I I can't hear exactly what the person is saying that I'm here. I'm trying my best. It's very loud here. Like I said, I can't even hear myself. Um yeah, you know, if it was so noisy, I was talking about the day that we had today and everything we did and what we've been doing, but we'll save that for another time. Thank you for coming in here. We are live outside the graduate hotel University of Minnesota. If you have not done so already, subscribe to our channel. Become a member. Keep us on the ground showing you what is happening here in Minnesota, all over the Twin Cities and all across country. from Harrison to Miami to uh Broad View in Chicago, uh New York to the Federal Plaza. I recover uh Chicago, Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Heat. Heat. Hey guys, we got Marcado Media here. We'll give him a shout out some too. We're both live at the same time. Then we also got Ford Fisher here. All right, he's up here. Go subscribe, too. We've been rolling around doing a lot of work here in Minnesota. So, support independent journalism, independent media as much as you can. Heat. Heat.

Yeah. Heat. Hey guys, and also keep in mind Uh we're I'm going to be on the ground here uh for you know for a while. So uh we're going to be live again tomorrow. I believe there's another uh hotel protest uh noise demo. Not sure where. Uh but we're we're going to be covering that. And then Saturday there's a protest protest. We're going to be covering the counter protest. So Jake Lang's uh whatever he's got going on. Who knows what the [ __ ] is doing, but uh there's going to be a counter protest to that. So, we'll be live for that. So, make sure you uh subscribe so you get that notification uh for when we go live when we post videos.

But anyway, we're here. We're going to be live in the next couple days. So, make sure you get that notification. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. because I was one of those people that was caught off guard when George Floyd was murdered. I thought that the time had risen for all of us. I didn't realize what our black and brown brothers were going through. And I have since educated myself. And for people in this country who have always lived in a police state like this is unacceptable. I will not stop until this is over. And I know my fellow citizens of Minneapolis will not rest and will not let them rest till this is done.

How do you feel about the battle? So you have state and local cops that are that are how do you feel about that? This is just a distraction from the MC file, but it's all a distraction from something. It's older wealthy people taking advantage of everybody, every other American and uh it has to stop. We have to come together and we have to put stop it. uh your local uh elected official Democrat or Liberal government. I don't know what else they could do. Um it's still going on. So, no, they're not doing enough. You know, I think we've elected some great leaders in our city.

We've done that for the last 40 years, which is why it's such a great city because every community in this city has representation and they have for the last 30 40 years. It is the best place to live there is. Um, we have some great leaders. Could they do more? Absolutely. You know what that is? I don't know. What do you think the hiring war here in Minnesota? Because we have a state that works. We have government that works. We have government and we have programs that work. And we have a happy population. And because Waltz was on the on the ballot with Kamla Harris and he's just a sore loser or a sore winner winner as the case may be.

George seemed to isolate on the street. You know, I lived walking distance from ground zero when everything got burned down during the riots of the summer of 2020 and we figured out how to mobilize within 24 hours. Um, they came to the wrong city. He We are not backing down. We are not backing down. I've never seen a community come out so much and protect each other and look out for each other. I mean, you can drive down any street and go see people with whistles, with vests at schools. Like, it's it's incredible the organizing. Yeah. I think we're not sleeping. It's really hard for a lot of us to calm our nervous system.

So, as long as we're not sleeping, these [ __ ] aren't sleeping either. Thank you. Heat up here. Heat up here. Heat up here. Okay. Okay. Okay, I'm going say in Spanish. Okay. What? Yes. Yes. I know a lot of immigrants, a lot of people going through a lot of tough times right now. And it's very difficult to see, you know, coming from immigrant parents, coming from, you know, just an immigrant background. You see how hardworking these people are. You know, they say, "Oh, let's take out all the criminals." But they're taking out innocent people, hardworking families, and this just isn't right. So, you know, we say that we say [ __ ] ICE. We want these people out of our communities, out of our college campuses. You know, this isn't safe right now. And, you know, as people like Minneapolis are time for so much triumph, so much hard things. You know, this is the last thing we need right now. It's a new year and this is not how

we want to start it. So, you know, we say we [ __ ] ice. [ __ ] ice. That's all I got. My name is Nicholas. Hey, shout out my mom. Shout out to That's all I got. No, my first time on campus. I did see that. You know, it's really heartbreaking, you know, seeing these people fight for what's right and then seeing, you know, the community, the police that they protect you where our tax dollars go. to see that happen, you know, it's just it breaks your heart, you know. So, we're out here tonight. Whatever happens happens, you know, but we're just fighting for what's right, you know.

People, you know, this is injustice, you know, people who do unifor, you know, and that's not representing what that's what they're saying. So, we're just here reminding them we got to keep them in check. That's most important part.

Nice. That's it. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.

Heat up here. Heat up Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right, give me a second. Give me like a minute. Uh, just get myself together. Uh like I said, I'm by myself. So, uh it's difficult, especially with my uh injured hands. Uh I got to keep them in my gloves. So tell me to do anything else with all.

Let me uh let me check what time it is. All right. So, we got uh about 14 minutes till uh the 10 p.m. uh ordinance, noise ordinance. Uh again, I I think what's going to happen is police are are going to declare an unlawful assembly, uh give a couple of warnings, and then um then possibly come in and make arrests. I believe there were 70 arrests uh at the last protest here. Uh so there's definitely more than 70 people here right now. Uh I would say uh a little bit over 100.

Yeah, maybe 100 150 somewhere in between that. Heat. Heat. All right, I'm almost uh ready to get back in there. Uh we got to be ready cuz it's almost 7:00. And thankfully it is not as cold tonight. Well, today today was a beautiful day. It wasn't as cold as it's normally been. I've been here in 23° and So, it was not fun. But today was a very nice day. A little bit warmer today. So, I'm thankful for that. If it was any colder, my hands, my fingers will be done. All right, we'll get back in there. Smash that like button. Share this video.

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All right, we'll get back in there. Oh, statuscrew.com/join. That's how you sign up. Thank you. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I not Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I I just want to read off some some information to send me.

All right. So, uh, a new, uh, Quinnipac pole. Uh, 1,00 almost 1,200 registered voters nationwide. 63% of voters disapproved of how ICE was enforcing immigration laws and only 34% approved. So again, 63% of voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration enforcement and only 34% approved. Uh DHS Secretary Chrissy Gnome got even worse ratings than the president in quarterback's poll. Uh 58% wanting her removed, 34% saying she should remain on the job, and 8% saying they didn't know or no answer. Uh so by the looks of it the country is turning the ants ice and what they are doing all across the country in many cities.

All right here come a different group of uh troops. All right. So, we, like I said, we're getting close to this uh this 10:00 uh cur uh not curfew, but the uh noise ordinance uh where uh police will declare an unlawful assembly and then trying to push everybody out. All right. So, now it looks like Henipin State County uh Hen State County uh or or sheriff's uh officers are are are uh in the front here now.

Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. How you doing? How you doing? Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat. All right. So, I just noticed uh this Jeep parked in front of this uh Dunkin Donuts here. It's got an LRAD system on it. That's a long range acoustic device. I think that's what it stands for. But, so that's like a sonic weapon. You know, the um it's very loud. All right. And it disrupts you. It [ __ ] you up. Uh so, I'm going to I'm going to uh go close in on that.

So you got you got some people going over to check it because uh normally the uh LRAD is on a uh uh a police vehicle. Uh whether it's Henip County Sheriff or local police, I don't I don't know who uses it, but uh that's not a marked police car. So, it's uh it's kind of strange.

So there's the uh uh song was uh the uh Darth Vader uh theme I guess the Stormtroopers Stormtroopers theme song. There you go. Couldn't think of it. Sorry guys, I can't think right now. I can't hear myself. It's been a long day, long week, long month. All right, they are they are making people aware of the uh the LRAD system. Uh that's called street. Uh so let's see what happens. It is now it is now 3 minutes after 10.

Heat up here. Heat. Heat. All right. So, yep. Police are are are going to be pedalling uh protesters in here. They are surrounding them on all sides. Heat. Heat. May I have your attention, please? I'm Officer B with the University of Minnesota Police Department. The police department has declared this is a simple under state laws of the state of Minnesota. Minnesota state statute 609715 prohibits remaining present and unlawful assembly. You are hereby ordered to immediately disperse which means this area. Please do not do so by walking eastbound on Washington Avenue Southeast.

If you do not cease your unlawful behavior and disperse immediately from the area, you will be arrested.

All right, so that guy down there is blocked off. They have police over here, but protesters are now marching. So they are all right, guys. Things could get a little spicy tonight. So, make sure you are sharing anything that goes out cuz obviously CNN's not here, Fox here, all those other [ __ ] networks. Nobody nobody comes out. All right. You got independent media out here with the people.

[ __ ] you. You are collaborating with Nazis. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. You all come Oh, did they call you boys?

Give me a second, guys. I'm trying to adjust my tripod here. So, they have their uh little uh pepper ball guns out. Uh, I saw a guy guys with other bags. I don't know what's in that bag.

And they have uh uh buses uh for uh when if they if they arrest people, they got they got two uh fulls size buses. You better protect our people. You're all [ __ ] Minnesota. The people you took it off to protect. You better protect those [ __ ] We're out here doing this [ __ ] Oh yeah. You understand? You're [ __ ] talking about your [ __ ] car. You I don't know if you guys saw, but over here is a Bearcat. That's the big tank looking truck.

Come on. Come on. You got no You can't even protect your own people. Power yourself. May I have your attention, please? I'm Officer Bets with the University of Minnesota Police Department. The police department has declared this assembly a public nuisance under state laws. The state of Minnesota statute 60974 prohibits creating and maintaining a public nuisance. If you do not cease your unlawful behavior and disperse immediately from this area traveling east on Washington Avenue Southeast, you will be arrested. You have 3 minutes to leave the area.

Thank you for your cooperation. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right. So, uh I know a lot of people got gas mask on. Um I'm thinking I'm not going to put my gas mask on because uh then I don't think they're going to they're not going to use tear gas. Um, I think they're just going to uh be brutal uh with brutal force uh physical force. Uh or they they have the pepper balls. They got pepper spray. Uh but I am going to get my goggles on. That's uh that's what they all get on.

Uh so I'm I'm going to set the tripod down. I know they said they give them warning of uh wait. All right, they're closing them in here. There's more police coming up the street. All right. Hello. All right. So, what they do is they give them a warning.

Uh they'll give them a warning. They got 3 minutes. It's like some kid from the University of Minnesota Police Department. All right, this could be the last warning.

All right, they are they are surrounding them. We're going to close them in. Honestly, it's mostly press right now. Uh just a handful of protesters out there immediately from the area traveling eastbound on Washington Avenue. You will be arrested. You have 1 minute to leave the area. Thank you for your cooperation. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat. So we got more police moving this way. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey hey. All right. So, a lot of people are running now. They don't want to get kettled.

I have your attention, please. The University of Minnesota Police Department. You got people going into restaurant and bars. declared this an unlawful public nuisance under laws of state of Minnesota. State statute 60974 maintain a public if you do not cease your unlawful behavior and disperse immediately. You will be arrested. All individuals still in the area, you are under arrest.

You're under arrest. You guys are all under arrest. Sit down if you're over here. Wait. Press

press behind your back. Back up. Back up. Chipotle. Go to Chipotle. That's press. Hey, press is at Chipotle. Go pressip is over there. Press is over there. Press is over there. Over there. Press is over there. Press is over there. Move back. Over there. Move back. Move back. Press. Move back. Press. Move back. over there.

Over there. Over there. All right. So, as long as the press holds this, they can't push us out any further. So, we got to stay here together.

They do this [ __ ] all the time. Get the press out and brutalize people. They're arresting. on the [ __ ] ground tower.

Yo, you're [ __ ] [ __ ] the white man [ __ ] no more. No, no more. 4924 264. All right. So guys, notice the the weapons. Uh some of them do have tear gas canisters on them. 44. You have the right 5 o

of the street. Other side of the street. You got to go the other side of the street, man.

You're good. I try to scream. Keep moving, fellas. Keep moving. Keep moving. Fine. Please go to the other side.

Other side of the street, guys. You need to comply. Other side of the road. did this little marking on the back of our helmet.

You just have to get up on the sidewalk being arrested across the way. Get it. Get to the sidewalk. Sidewalk. Sidewalk.

Bye, guys. See you later, guys. Hold it right here. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Ice. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Ice. [ __ ] [ __ ] over here.

You guys stay over here. [ __ ] you. Sidewalk. Get up on the sidewalk. I wish I made it.

On the sidewalk. All right. Thank you. Hey, got body cameras on body on body. body.

So, I don't know how many people they have there on the ground. Um, I would say it's about 10. Uh, I can't tell uh if there's any if there was any more arrests. What do you mean pull back again? The person is coming out.

What's up? hours. You want to get a couple progress. Exactly. Check in higher. [ __ ] hey [ __ ] hey hey hey. going hey. Hey hey hey loud. So you guys just live here on Southeast Washington Avenue and Oak Street over by the University of Innesota.

All right. So, they're targeting somebody. They all chased after him and now they're all retreating. Don't go around. They're literally just chasing people down like rocks.

Chasing people down and then and then they gave up. I don't know. You given a dispersal order. You need a lever. You're going to jail. Get out of the street.

Get out of the street. Get out of the street. Can I be on the sidewalk? Get out of the street.

Can I be on the sidewalk? Get out of the street. Oh, you're stupid as [ __ ] Do you know that? I'm asking you a question. Public service.

Can I be here? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is the line. Can I be here? Why don't you answer the question? Can I be here?

You're looking at me like I'm stupid. I'm asking you a question. What are you standing there for? Do you know what Donald Trump did? Did you Did you read the news?

Wait, did you read the news? Did you read the news? Are you aware of what you're standing here for? You're standing here for a reason. Did you read the news? Let me stand on the sidewalk. Did you read the news? You stupid [ __ ] man. Quit your jobs. It's time. Like, you know what you're standing here for. Think about your actions, stupid man. You can't reflect. You don't have critical thinking skills. You don't remember. You just stand around wearing all this gear and [ __ ] man. Thugs, jackass, funny looking mustache, too.

Full porn stash, beer can. How much you getting paid right now? It's salary, but like how

much you can't wake up right tomorrow, huh? Are you here with nobody? They try to tell you that they protect and serve, but a few bad apples also rot out the rest.

What's your last name? I can't see your full. All of these bastards are bad apples. Shame on their name.

You know his name, bro. I can't even see his name. What's your name? What's your name and badge number?

And your name? You You're You're fully You're supposed to give me that [ __ ] too. I can see the badge number. I can't see your name. What's your name? Yo, look at this. There's so many cameras. What do you What's your name?

You're a public servant. You're paid by our tax dollars. What's your name? I I'm not going to touch you. My hands are up. Can you Can you tell me your name or move the blocky or something? [ __ ] You just don't want to uphold anything, man. Bully etc. No chin furthermore. No chin furthermore. Chin strap. In high school, you were pushing people in the locker for lunch money. And now you're here pushing US citizens.

Can you tell me his name? You don't know him? You work together. He's supposed to tell me his name. You don't You won't tell me his name either. Jackass. We just spoke earlier. Can you tell me his name? Yo, you're all watching with cameras. These [ __ ] are standing up for fascists and pedophiles. Pedophiles.

They're they're on the side of pedophiles. They're looking at us. What are we here for? [ __ ] you.

We're here to protest a federal ICE agent. We have this police department violating the policy of 941. And that is to

And that is to protect the community against this fascism and from federal ICE agents from harming us. Hello.

Do y'all not [ __ ] see what's going on? But it ain't but it ain't like that. We like we ain't seen this time after time. Like I said before, Governor Tim Watts, Jacob Fry, they've been lying to us. They in the [ __ ] state capital buildings doing press conferences while we out here freezing our ass off, standing in solidarity with one another. This is literally what community looks like right here. This ain't spend this [ __ ] right here. They violating our constitutional rights left and right. They pushed us down from one corner to go to another corner and then next you know they're going to push us down to another corner.

What is this? Are we kids or something? We're not allowed to be out here. This is our [ __ ] street.

Our street. We pay attention. Look at this [ __ ] Street. Look at this. Who streets?

Our streets. Who streets? Our streets. Who streets? Our streets. Whose streets?

Our streets. Whose streets? Our streets. Who streets? Our streets. Whose streets? Our streets.

Who streets? Our streets. Our street. Who streets? Our streets. Who streets? Our streets.

Who streets? Our streets. Whose streets? Our streets. Whose streets? Our streets.

Whose streets? Our streets. [ __ ] 12. [ __ ] us. [ __ ] you. [ __ ] you. Waste our money. Waste the money. Waste our voices. using our voices.

Jesus Christ. And and that's too much for them. You all stand still as if you think what you're doing has meaning.

Well, we know y'all really stand with ICE because there's more of them than y'all, right? That's what it really is going down to. Y'all scared of losing y'all [ __ ] job of being dismantled. My federal ICE agents [ __ ] You're scared and lazy.

Everybody Everybody want to quit right now to join the game. If you join people join a gay you're lazy people.

Hey you uncle or if this is what you really believe in that's shameful you uncle

literally fought your ass out of here. Oh what you thought you was you thought you was safe h going to turn around like yeah they talking about you. Yeah you too [ __ ]

It's a little gaggle of cops here. Do you own your homes? Do you own Raise your hand if you own your home?

Raise your hand if you own your home. Put your left foot in and shake it all about too.

Oh, literally. [ __ ] dick. You're the same as us and your [ __ ] You're the same as us. You think you're special, you guys.

And y'all been killing us before I y'all ain't sweet neither. Y'all been killing us before I

losers. Uneducated losers. Traitors. [ __ ] you. They've been killing us before.

Your families are ashamed of you. Your ancestors are your exes are ashamed of you. Your exes are so happy. This is why we say [ __ ] Ice and [ __ ] Jesus Christ.

Divorced single. Jesus. She's living her best life not being with you. Raise your hand if you go to church. Raise your hand if you believe in Jesus Christ.

Raise your hand if you're a Christian. Raise your hand if you are a Christian. Raise your hand if you're a Christian. You're going to hell if you don't raise your hand. Raise your hand if you're a Christian. [ __ ] you, man. [ __ ] you.

So, I wish this was a Christian nation so you would uphold the values in the Bible. Morons, stupid traitors, losers. Are you having fun?

You're getting paid, so you're having fun, right? You're getting paid, so you're having fun. And what are you going to do when you go home?

What are you going to do? Wank. Wank. Masturbate. Bunch of wankers. Are you mad because of something that happened 20 years ago? So, you chose this profession?

So, you can carry a gun. You don't need to be a cop to carry a gun. Stupid. Consuming AI generator. I hope

there's even more screaming. to school. Wow. All right, everyone. I am uh just readjusting myself here. Uh, I am going to run inside an a store and get a drink of water. So, uh, I'm just going to leave my camera out here with a friend of mine. Uh, so if it's not moving, uh, that's why I'm in the store. So, uh, just give me a few minutes. I'll be right out. Uh, well, actually, hold on. So I see a lot of police movement.

Yeah, they're okay. Are they going to All right. So, uh, another, uh, friend of mine, uh, another journalist, uh, came over to tell me that officers are talking to one another about, uh, press. If press is in the street, uh, they will be arrested.

How do you respond? Right. Like I've played this game, man. All the favors to see.

Yeah. This is our street. Whose streets? Our streets. Who streets? Our streets.

Who street? Our streets. Who street? Our streets. Who street? Our streets. Who street?

Our streets. Who street? Our street. Who street? Our street. Who street? Our street.

Who street? Our street. Who street? Our street. Who street? Our street. [ __ ] go.

[ __ ] [ __ ] him. Bunch of traitors. Our streets. Who streets? Our streets. Whose streets?

Our streets. Whose streets? Our streets. Whose streets? Our streets. Who streets?

Our streets. Who streets? Our streets. Streets. Our streets. Our streets. Our streets.

Our streets. Our streets. Who streets? All right, guys. I'm going to go into the store and get a water.

Our streets. Orange Street. expired. Top He's antique. Why? No, no, no. I Hi guys. I should have asked. I was trying to tell everybody,

but I mean like at at that point you got to pick and choose. Yeah, like at that point they had it on the ground. Get it out. All right, everyone. I'm back. Uh, so you got a you got a a few protesters here.

A lot of press number still watching. Um, so again, police are backing up. Hold on.

Get the [ __ ] back. Get back. Watch that truck. Move back. Hurry up. Move back. Hurry up. Move back. Get the [ __ ] back right now.

[ __ ] succeed. Or else what? 60. Or else what? [ __ ] earplugs. You already know what's about to happen. Everybody's moving. Police are moving behind the Alrad because the Lrad is directed in this little this area.

Um, so it's going to be very loud. Uh, so that's why everybody's backing up. [ __ ] you. Sonic weapon.

Huh? Sonic weapon. Yeah. You don't have your As long as you have some protection.

No, I'm looking for May I have your attention, please? I'm officer Benzy University Police Department. The police department has declared this an unlawful assembly under Masso State statute 609 715. This prohibits remaining present at an unlawful assembly.

So this uh you're hereby ordered if you're if you're not in these uh direction of it, you'll be okay. uh kind of but if you're directly in in front of it,

it will it will really really [ __ ] your pop your blood vessels. Disperse immediately in this area.

Make you really sick. You will be arrested. I'm looking I'm looking for my uh You have one minute to leave the area. Thank you for your cooperation.

All right. Again, it is mostly press. They're giving a one minute warning to clear the area. I'm moving. I ain't moving in. Moving in. Sorry.

Yeah. Thank you for qualifying. I was just trying to say one. No. Thank you No, you're good.

You were very specific. I was just saying. Thank you. machine. What's your budget? What's your budget?

[ __ ] you. Definitely over budget. [ __ ] you. What's that for? What's that for?

What are you going to do with that? Are you going to shoot us? What's that for? You're standing up. You're looking at me.

All right. So, I got my uh earphones. Uh not earphones. I got uh earplugs in. So hopefully that will help a bit.

But um we'll see. May I have your attention, please? I'm Officer Bets with the University of Minnesota Police Department. The Police Department has declared this an unlawful assembly under the laws of the state of Minnesota. Minnesota State Statute 69715 prohibits remaining present at an unlawful assembly. You're hereby ordered to leave immediately. Disperse, which means leave this area. Please do so by walking eastbound on Washington Avenue Southeast. If you do not cease your unlawful behavior and disperse immediately from the area, you will be arrested.

At this time, you are all under arrest. our mostly just us guys. It's all press here. All right. So,

all right. I think they have protesters have left journalists of some kind. So, it is

all press here. So um declared we'll see we'll see what happens. All right. So the remaining protesters left I think once they declared the rest of the the crowd that was over here guy that was heckling left. It's literally just compress cameras. Dylan there's Dylan Burns live on scene. Definitely

spot here. See what happens. Be a good time for Christmas, right? There's literally only journalists here. Absolutely.

Like the top guy on you guys are good. It's all mutual. Well, they just left here. That was the final just about a lot going on. I don't want to

You are all under my head now. Time to go home. All done. They ripped it open. What about Walk up to the edge.

I'm just looking for sound like crazy. At this point, you guys. All right, everyone. So, uh, I'm going to wrap this up.

So, there you have it. This is, uh, this, uh, this is what you seen here on the ground. Very tired, guys. I'm sorry. Uh, I can't think right now, but uh, I got to get up early and go back out and document the raids that are still happening. Um it's it's been every day. Uh it has not slowed down. Uh the only difference is that we haven't seen tear gas in the streets. Uh so the bus All right, let me just show you guys the bus is all.

So those that was the bus there was two of them. That was the bus that they put the arresties on and they have all their their vans and tanks. Uh forgot what I was saying. Yeah. So the raids haven't slowed down. Uh they're they're still happening. Um you know, even though I don't know I don't know what's they're telling you on on the mainstream media. Uh, but we've been documenting raids every single day, all day long, 10 hours a day in the car, sometimes even longer. Um, but yeah, uh, thank you for watching and, uh, sticking around. Uh, thank you for any super chats. Um, thank you for any support that you are giving us. Uh, we truly need it. uh support independent media. Uh become a member of SAS school. We are we are uh

[ __ ] we can only do this without with with your help. Uh keep us on the ground. Uh that's all I got for tonight, guys. Thank you for watching. Um, and if you do want to become a member of statuscool.com/join, uh, yep, and subscribe cuz I'll be live again tomorrow and I'll be out all day, uh, documenting raids.

I'll be sleep like [ __ ] [ __ ] every night. So, make sure you subscribe so you see the notification for videos and live streams coming up.

[ __ ] you, [ __ ] piece of [ __ ] bastard. [ __ ] [ __ ] you. All right, police are walking away. All right, guys. I'm wrapping up. Got to get back and uh get some rest. Thank you again. Take care. Stay safe. And uh you'll see me again tomorrow. Bye.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "BREAKING: Police ARREST Protesters Outside ICE Hotel | LIVE in Minneapolis"?

John (Guest), Nicholas (Guest).

What is "BREAKING: Police ARREST Protesters Outside ICE Hotel | LIVE in Minneapolis" about?

Protesters at the University of Minnesota are staging a noise demonstration outside a hotel housing ICE agents in Minneapolis, leading to multiple arrests. This protest follows recent protests against ICE raids in the Twin Cities, highlighting escalating tensions between demonstrators and law enforcement as agents employ aggressive tactics during operations.

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

7 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including ICE, Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Governor Tim Walz, Marcado Media, Ford Fisher. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "BREAKING: Police ARREST Protesters Outside ICE Hotel | LIVE in Minneapolis"?

The episode runs 2 h 22 min; the transcript is about 8,819 words in 160 timestamped sections.

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