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Minneapolis schools offer virtual classes amid ICE enforcement and intensifying protests

Minneapolis Public Schools continues to offer remote classes and learning cancelled classes following an altercation between anti-ICE protesters and ICE agents on Roosevelt High School grounds which occurred just hours after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good. The school district cancelled classes Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 8 "due to safety concerns related to incidents around the city." “All MPS-sponsored programs, activities, athletics and Community Education classes, including adult education, will be canceled.” The school district shared it would not move to virtual learning because that’s only available during cancellations due to severe weather. Video footage shared by local news outlet Fox 9 on X showed a crowd on Wednesday gathered outside the school observing several ICE agents kneeled to the ground making an arrest. One of the ICE agents released what appeared to be a chemical irritant in the area, causing the crowd to scatter. The Department of Homeland Security told CBS News that tear-gas was not used on the protesters. Cara Morrow, an eyewitness to the altercation, shared with local CBS station WCCO that she arrived at the high school around 3:30 p.m. A graduate of the school, Morrow, said she watched ICE officers tackle a man and noticed one marked SUVs in the premise. DHS shared in a statement that ICE agents were on the school grounds to apprehend a U.S. citizen who was "actively trying to impede operations" and "rammed his vehicle into a government vehicle,” leading agents on a five-mile chase which ended at the school. "At no point was a school, students, or staff targeted, and agents would not have been near this location if not for the dangerous actions of this individual," a spokesperson for the DHS said. A teacher at the school allegedly assaulted a Border Patrol agent and “threw objects and dispersed paint" onto officers and their vehicle, according to DHS. The National News Desk's Jan Jeffcoat sits down with Senior Director of Communications at Defending Education, Erika Sanzi, to discuss Minneapolis schools canceling classes amid ICE protests, bringing insight and context to the stories shaping the day. READ MORE: https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/... _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: 13 WHAM on Facebook:   / 13wham   13 WHAM on Twitter:   / 13wham   13WHAM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/13whamtv/?h... 13WHAM on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@13wham?lang=en 13 WHAM Daily Local News Digest:    • 13WHAM Local News Digest   For more information, visit https://13wham.com/ Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: news@13wham.com Call the Newsroom: (585) 334-8700 WHAM is a NY based station and a ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Deerfield Media, Inc and receives certain services from an affiliation of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. #13WHAM #News #Rochester #NewYork