Anti-ICE protestors besieged a downtown Minneapolis hotel tonight after rumors circulated that federal agents were staying there.
It was not clear whether any Feds were inside the Canopy Hotel as hundreds of demonstrators massed outside to vent their rage over the shooting of Renee Good.
But that didn’t stop them banging drums, pounding on windows and chanting ‘f**k ICE’ as horrified guests cowered inside.
Police were nowhere to be seen as protestors, many wearing masks, drummed in defiance and blew on horns, whistles and trumpets.
‘They need to get the hell out of our city,’ a pink-haired protestor told Daily Mail over the deafening noise.
She said she spotted a van full of ICE agents parked up nearby earlier this evening.
Giving her name as Drey, 27, she said: ‘I don’t know for sure they are here but we will do whatever it takes to keep Minneapolis safe.’
Others waved signs decrying ICE as fascists and murderers after marching through the city spraying graffiti and blocking traffic.
‘Get out of Minneapolis. They are only fanning the flames,’ said software developer Erik, 31, declining to give his full name.
‘It sucks for the people inside but these corporations need to get the message. These hotels are hosting ICE and we want them out.’
Signs read ‘Deport Hate, Not People,’ ‘stop killing us’ and ‘America is built on genocide and slavery.’
Susan, 41, who lives in Saint Paul and works at a law firm in downtown Minneapolis said she was ‘sickened’ by Good’s death.
‘It feels to good to yell and scream and let out all of my feelings,’ she told the Daily Mail.
‘My neighborhood is very diverse. If you were to remove all the diversity I wouldn’t want to live there. We celebrate difference and diversity here.’
Anti-ICE crowds formed downtown at the Canopy by Hilton hotel, which protesters believed ICE agents to be staying at
The demonstrators vented their rage over the fatal shooting of Renee Good, although it was not clear whether any ICE officers were inside the downtown hotel
Protestors, many in masks, blew on horns, whistles and trumpets to make as much noise as possible. Police were nowhere to be seen
Protestors did not appear to get inside the hotel’s lobby, in part because several people were guarding doors.
One, wearing a gas mask and helmet, said he didn’t want things to get ugly.
‘F**k no, people will get hurt,’ he said, explaining that he was not police or security, just concerned about safety.
A rear door was wrenched open but it appeared to lead to a staff area rather than a public part of the hotel.
Around 10:30pm – several hours into the protest – around 100 State Troopers arrived on scene and formed two columns to march down Park Ave, clearing the area around the Canopy.
Faced with officers wielding batons and weapons to fire rubber bullets and gas, the crowds began retreating, thus far, without violence.
