Minneapolis

Ilhan Omar
Voices

When anti-Muslim hate is normalised from the top, violence is inevitable. The assault Ilhan Omar should surprise no one, writes Ismail Allison.

Ismail Allison
03 February, 2026
A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA medical center, died on January 24 after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis
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Crowds gathered in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting [Getty]
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Demonstrators gather near U Street and then march to the White House to protest the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Washington, DC, on January 08, 2026
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Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis against ICE [Getty]
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (C) speaks during a press conference at City Hall on January 09, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A protester holds signs reading 'ICE MURDER of Woman in Minneapolis,' 'Take to the Streets! Trump Must Go Now,' and âICE OUT! ¡Fuera ICE!❠during a demonstration in the Little Village neighborhood, reacting to the fatal shooting earlier that day of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis amid a large-scale federal immigration enforcement operation, in Chicago, Illinois, on January 7, 2026.
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Amal Mohamed of Minneapolis brought her five children with her to witness as Friday afternoon prayers sounded from loudspeakers on the roof of Dar al-Hijrah mosque in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood Friday, 24 April 2020, in Minneapolis, MN. [Getty]
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