MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt called out political leaders over social media rumors about an ICE raid in Minneapolis that led to a protest on Tuesday.
ICE raid rumors
What we know:
On Tuesday, a large crowd gathered at Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue as a law enforcement task force, which included ICE agents, executed a search warrant at a Mexican restaurant.
The crowd was concerned that ICE was performing an immigration enforcement action as rumors spread online.
Was it a raid?:
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and Minneapolis Police Department later explained the police response was the execution of multiple search warrants related to a drug and money laundering case. Officials said there was no immigration enforcement action taking place and