Overview
- While reporting live for Laura Coates Live, CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz coughed through tear gas deployed nearby and said, "Wow, this is nasty."
- Prokupecz described officers throwing percussion grenades and tear gas as Customs and Border Protection units pushed the crowd from one side and another group deployed chemical agents.
- He reported that protesters had been kicking and throwing objects at federal vehicles after repeated warnings to clear a driveway.
- Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin defended the response as protecting the rule of law, saying the First Amendment does not cover rioting and urging media to use caution.
- The demonstrations intensified after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good last week, during a broader Minnesota enforcement surge reported at up to 2,000 federal agents.