In the weeks following the killing of Renée Good, Minneapolis saw a surge in the number of federal immigration officers across the city. That escalation was met with a visible community response. People gathered day after day outside the Whipple Building, a federal detention center that is serving as a hub for agents conducting raids and returning with people they had detained.
As enforcement activity spread into residential neighborhoods, observers watched the streets, shared information, and used whistles to warn one another when agents appeared. Fear was constant, but so was the way people showed up for each other. These photographs document that period and the tension between an expanding federal presence and a community determined to respond together.
A counterprotester holds a sign calling for justice for Renée Good during a demonstration in Minneapolis opposing a rally organized by supporters of January 6 defendant Jake Lang.Madison Swart
Lang records on his cellphone while a counterprotester flips him off during a demonstration.Madison SwartLang is escorted away through a crowd of counterprotesters during a demonstration in Minneapolis.Madison Swart
A counterprotester holds up a fist during a demonstration opposing the Lang rally.Madison SwartA counterprotester at the Lang rally.Madison SwartA protester outside of the Whipple Building holds a sign that says, “We Will Defeat You”Madison SwartTwo people stand on a bridge overlooking a busy highway with signs that say “Rise Like Lions, We Are Many, They Are Few.”Madison SwartAn ICE agent prepares to place handcuffs on a man during an enforcement action.Madison SwartICE agents detain a man during an enforcement operation.Madison SwartProtesters outside of the Whipple Building in Minneapolis.Madison SwartICE agents stand outside a house during an attempted enforcement operation.Madison SwartA person photographs memorial portraits honoring victims of police and state violence at the memorial site for Renée Good.Madison SwartA Border Patrol agent and part of senior official Gregory Bovino’s convoy looks at the camera while waiting outside at a gas station.Madison SwartAn observer shouts at masked agents at a Speedway gas station.Madison SwartGregory BovinoMadison SwartProtesters and community observers react to Bovino’s convoy at a gas station.Madison SwartAn ICE agent seen through a window during an attempted operation.Madison Swart
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