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Minneapolis police, restaurant manager challenge Vance's account of protesters mobbing ICE officers By Adam Wren
Vice President JD Vance relayed a “crazy” story on X about protesters mobbing immigration and Border Patrol officers at a Minneapolis restaurant following Alex Pretti’s killing.
But Minneapolis police and the restaurant manager both disputed key parts of the vice president’s account to POLITICO, which they say was incomplete at best.
The conflicting versions have come to light amid a deescalation in tensions between local and federal officials in the city and mixed messaging within the Trump administration over Pretti’s death. Two agents have been placed on leave and the administration said it’s investigating the shooting. The retellings of the incidents as reported here by POLITICO underscore the Rashomon-like nature of documenting an immigration enforcement operation unfolding in a major American city — one that partisans are eager to weaponize in almost real time.
On Sunday, hours after Pretti was shot by federal agents, Vance took to X, saying that on his visit to the city the week before he “heard a number of crazy stories,” then highlighted one that included two “off duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officers” who “were going to dinner in Minneapolis.”
Vance said they “were doxed and their location revealed, and the restaurant was then mobbed.”
The officers, Vance said, “were locked in the restaurant, and local police refused to respond to their pleas for help (as they’ve been directed by local authorities). Eventually, their fellow federal agents came to their aid.”
But Minneapolis police and the restaurant manager both disputed key parts of the vice president’s account to POLITICO, which they say was incomplete at best.
The conflicting versions have come to light amid a deescalation in tensions between local and federal officials in the city and mixed messaging within the Trump administration over Pretti’s death. Two agents have been placed on leave and the administration said it’s investigating the shooting. The retellings of the incidents as reported here by POLITICO underscore the Rashomon-like nature of documenting an immigration enforcement operation unfolding in a major American city — one that partisans are eager to weaponize in almost real time.
On Sunday, hours after Pretti was shot by federal agents, Vance took to X, saying that on his visit to the city the week before he “heard a number of crazy stories,” then highlighted one that included two “off duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officers” who “were going to dinner in Minneapolis.”
Vance said they “were doxed and their location revealed, and the restaurant was then mobbed.”
The officers, Vance said, “were locked in the restaurant, and local police refused to respond to their pleas for help (as they’ve been directed by local authorities). Eventually, their fellow federal agents came to their aid.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/minneapolis-ice-vance-police-00756531
LOCKED IN THE RESTAURANT!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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