Off-duty police officers in the Twin Cities have been “targeted” by federal agents looking for proof of U.S. citizenship, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said Tuesday. Bruley was among several law enforcement leaders who expressed their concerns at a press conference that Operation Metro Surge is leading to “civil rights violations in our streets.”

He added that in the last two weeks, as community members have been submitting “endless complaints,” that several of the officers in his department had also been stopped by federal law enforcement. “Every one of these individuals is a person of color,” Bruley added

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    10 days ago

    Hmm… I wonder how long it’ll be before people start dressing like ice, but not to do robberies, to harass police until they change tune about the whole thing…

    I mean if that’s what it takes, I think people will pick up on that pretty quickly… that’s going to get messy…