Overview
- Viral footage from Tuesday, January 13, shows federal agents smashing a car window in Minneapolis and pulling the driver out as she shouted that she was disabled and trying to reach a doctor.
- Reporters identified the driver as Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis-based tech professional and longtime LGBT and racial justice activist with a background that includes a fellowship at New America’s Open Technology Institute.
- A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE was in the area to arrest a 20-year-old Ecuadorian man and stated that Rahman was taken into custody for obstruction, with several others also detained.
- An ICE official warned in a Fox News interview that people who interfere with enforcement actions will be arrested and said dozens had already been detained during the operations.
- Coverage notes no public indication that Rahman has been formally charged, and public records cited by outlets describe older, mainly minor convictions in Ohio and Illinois.