Live Streamers at protest in Maple Grove, Minnesota

Live Streamers at protest in Maple Grove, Minnesota
Streamers with their bullet proof vests and self sticks flock to a suburban town for content. Shown here filming 1 person being arrested for not dispersing at a noise demonstration. Maple Grove, Minnesota January 26, 2026

Streamers with their bullet proof vests and self sticks flock to a suburban town for content. Shown here filming 1 person being arrested for not dispersing at a noise demonstration. Maple Grove, Minnesota January 26, 2026

This photo is part of the ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS series covering “Operation Metro Surge”. The operation, which began in late December 2025 and intensified in January 2026, has drawn widespread local and national attention amid protests and confrontations.

On January 7, 2026, 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renée Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Portland Ave — a killing that sparked immediate large scale protests. Less than three weeks later, on January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Nicollet Avenue. Between those incidents, federal agents also injured another man in North Minneapolis.

Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States
Photo taken in January 2026. © Chad Davis