ICE Goons Pull Guns on Police Officers ‘of Color,’ Demand Papers
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley delivered a forceful and unusually candid public condemnation of federal immigration enforcement practices on Tuesday, revealing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have repeatedly pulled guns on off-duty officers of color, illegally demanded their citizenship papers, and used aggressive, unconstitutional tactics during routine encounters.
The chief’s statements—made during a press conference with several other Minnesota law enforcement leaders standing behind him represent one of the most direct and high-profile criticisms of ICE operations from within the law enforcement community since the escalation of mass deportation efforts under President Trump’s second term.
Bruley began by making clear his position on the agency itself: “I do not support abolishing ICE.” However, he sharply criticized how federal agents are carrying out enforcement: “Recently, as the last two weeks, we as law enforcement community have been receiving endless complaints about civil rights violations in our streets from US citizens. What we’re hearing is they’re being stopped in traffic stops or on the street with no cause and being forced to show paperwork to determine if they are here legally.”
He then detailed a disturbing pattern that has hit closer to home: “As this went on over the past two weeks, we started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty. Every one of these individuals is a person of color who has had this happen to them.”
Bruley recounted one particularly alarming incident involving a female officer: “They boxed in one officer on a roadway. They demanded her paperwork, of which she’s a US citizen and clearly would not have any paperwork. When she became concerned about the rhetoric and the way she was being treated, she pulled out her phone in an attempt to record the incident, the phone was knocked out of her hands, prevented her from recording it.”
“The officer had their gun drawn during this interaction,” he continued. “And after the officer became so concerned, they were forced to identify themselves as a Brooklyn Park police officer in hopes of slowing the incident and de-escalating the incident down.”
“The agents then immediately left after hearing this, making no other comments, no other apologies, just got in their vehicles and left.”
Bruley stressed that this was not an isolated case: “In fact, many of the chiefs standing behind me have similar incidents with their off-duty officers.”
He framed the issue in constitutional and moral terms: “This isn’t just important because it happened to off-duty police officers, but what it did do is we know that our officers know what the Constitution is, they know what right and wrong is, and they know when people are being targeted, and that’s what they were.”
“If it is happening to our officers, it pains me to think of how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day. It has to stop.”
Minnesota as Epicenter of ICE Controversy
The chief’s remarks come amid statewide outrage following the January 7 fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Video of that incident has fueled daily protests, accusations of excessive force, racial profiling, and calls for independent investigations.
Additional incidents have deepened community distrust and fear: ICE agents dragging a disabled woman from her car during a raid, despite her pleas that she was trying to reach a doctor’s appointment. Arrests of three staff members from a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, hours after agents dined there, prompting accusations of deliberate surveillance and intimidation. More so, reports of U.S. citizens being detained or questioned without clear justification during routine traffic stops or street encounters.
Data from the University of California, Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project reveals that nearly 75,000 people arrested in the first nine months of Trump’s second term had no criminal record. ProPublica identified over 170 cases where U.S. citizens were swept up in raids or protests, often without immediate access to proof of citizenship.
The heavy federal presence has created widespread fear, particularly among immigrant and mixed-status communities. Many residents are now avoiding public spaces, workplaces, schools, and even medical appointments out of concern for encountering federal agents.
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Calls for Accountability
Chief Bruley’s public stance is significant for several reasons: It marks one of the strongest criticisms of ICE tactics from a sitting police executive in Minnesota. It also highlights that even trained law enforcement officers—individuals who understand constitutional rights and police procedure—are being treated as suspects. More so, It shows the racial dimension: every reported victim in Brooklyn Park was a person of color.
Civil rights organizations, immigrant advocacy groups, and Democratic lawmakers have seized on Bruley’s statements, renewing calls for: Immediate federal oversight of ICE operations, mandatory body cameras and real-time reporting for all enforcement actions, reforms to use-of-force policies and independent investigations into recent shootings, detentions, and confrontations. Also, clear guidelines prohibiting agents from demanding citizenship papers from individuals without reasonable suspicion of immigration violations
The Brooklyn Park Police Department has not released further details about the incidents involving its officers, but Bruley’s press conference has amplified pressure on both ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to explain and justify their tactics.
DHS and ICE have not yet responded to Bruley’s specific allegations. The department has previously defended its operations as targeted, lawful, and necessary for national security and immigration enforcement.
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Chief Bruley’s words stand as a warning from within the law enforcement community: when federal agents treat even off-duty officers of color as suspects—drawing weapons and demanding papers without cause—the line between enforcement and intimidation has been dangerously crossed.
The question now is whether the administration will heed the call to “stop” or double down on its current course. In Minnesota and across the country, the answer will have profound implications for civil rights, community safety, police relations, and the rule of law.
The incidents involving Brooklyn Park officers may be the most visible examples, but Chief Bruley’s message is clear: if it’s happening to law enforcement, it is undoubtedly happening to ordinary citizens every day. And it has to stop.
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