Overview
- Video published by Alpha News shows protesters converging on Clancey’s Deli within minutes of a Signal alert claiming plainclothes ICE agents were inside.
- An engineer identified as Lee said his friend in the SW Minneapolis Rapid Response chat received the alert despite being anti-ICE and was shocked to see their group labeled as agents.
- As the men exited, protesters blew whistles and shouted insults; Lee says some called them pedophiles and a colleague feared being shot.
- Lee told the outlet the deli’s owner allegedly confirmed to activists that the men were ICE, a claim not independently verified, and the owners could not be reached.
- ICE separately said two demonstrators in Minnesota were arrested for allegedly assaulting officers as protests continue nationwide.