Minneapolis City Council on Thursday voted unanimously in favor of launching an independent audit of the operation conducted by federal law enforcement including Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Minneapolis restaurant this week.
By a 12-0 vote, the council says the Office of City Auditor will now conduct an after-action review of the operation conducted outside Las Cuatro Milpas at Lake Street and Bloomington on Tuesday. Militarized vehicles and heavily armed agents from ICE, the FBI, ATF and DEA descended on the scene, drawing a large crowd of protesters.
The review will investigate Minneapolis Police Department's involvement in the raid – one of eight reportedly conducted across the Twin Cities on Tuesday – to determine whether it was in violation of the city's separation ordin