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The mass arrest was in response to protesters throwing rubber dildos over chainlink fences at passing vehicles suspected of being driven by ICE agents. The arrests follow a recent trend of various law enforcement agencies in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area mass arresting protesters following demonstrations against Operation Metro Surge, the code name for the federal immigration enforcement surge targeting Minnesota’s densest cities.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arrested for what? Littering?

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Creating a nuisance?

Edit: I guess y'all didn't get the reference.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 50 minutes ago

I put that piece of paper at the bottom of the pile

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 14 points 1 day ago

To be fair, it’s likely the only legal sex play an ICE agent is going to get.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

They were afraid they were going to escalate and start throwing something they couldn't use.

The mass arrest was in response to protesters throwing rubber dildos over chainlink fences at passing vehicles suspected of being driven by ICE agents. The arrests follow a recent trend of various law enforcement agencies in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area mass arresting protesters following demonstrations against Operation Metro Surge, the code name for the federal immigration enforcement surge targeting Minnesota’s densest cities.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What a buncha dicks