SAT . BREAKING: ICE Detains American Grandmother in Minneapolis—Allegedly Cuts Off Her Wedding Ring in Custody

In Donald Trump’s America, even watching ICE can get you violently thrown to the ground, handcuffed, disappeared for hours, and threatened with pepper spray — even if you’re an American citizen.

Just ask 55-year-old Minneapolis resident Susan Tincher, the first documented observer arrested since Trump’s immigration surge hit the Twin Cities last week.

Tincher woke up early Tuesday to alerts that ICE was snatching her neighbors. She walked outside — alone, unarmed, simply asking an agent whether they were ICE — and within seconds, federal officers had grabbed her, slammed her into the pavement, cuffed her, and stuffed her into an unmarked truck.

Witnesses described the moment as exactly what ICE denies doing: kidnapping.

Video shows three agents dragging Tincher away while neighbors shouted, “Where are you taking her?” ICE offered no answers, no explanation, and no transparency — because that’s how this administration wants it.

Inside the truck, agents warned Tincher that if she “didn’t watch herself,” they’d pull over and hit her with OC pepper spray. She’s 5’4″, mid-50s, and committed the “crime” of standing within speaking distance of a federal officer.

Meanwhile, across the street, eight unmarked vehicles — including what one neighbor described as an armed personnel carrier — swarmed a family home in a scene straight out of a military raid. Three neighbors were taken. No one knows where.

And when Tincher’s husband Jim tried to locate his wife? It took hours, even with the help of Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Tina Smith. ICE had hidden her inside the Whipple Federal Building, where she was shackled by the legs, her wedding ring cut off, and held for five hours.

Her injuries — marks on her neck and wrists — are visible. Her resolve is, too.

“It was chilling,” Jim said. “That the government can arrest somebody for doing nothing illegal and throw her down like that.”

Immigration experts say none of this is surprising. ICE repeatedly transfers detainees without notice, flouts constitutional protections, and refuses to disclose where people are taken. One attorney warned that agents are violating rights “on a daily basis.”

But ICE won’t even confirm the Minneapolis arrests — or why they targeted an American citizen simply observing.

Tincher, now free, says the brutality only strengthened her commitment to protect her immigrant neighbors. “I’m just so concerned about our peaceable neighbors being abducted,” she said. “I don’t want this happening in our country.”

Too late — under Trump, it already is.

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