MONTH, AND, OF COURSE, THERE IS THE NEWLY SIGNED BUDGET AGREEMENT AND MONDAY'S UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION.

>> Cathy: WE'LL COVER ALL OF THAT, WE START TONIGHT, THOUGH, WITH THAT BIG RAID AND PROTEST AT A SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS MEXICAN RESTAURANT EARLIER THIS WEEK.

IT INVOLVED MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING I.C.E.

AND THE FBI.

THE INNEAPOLIS POLICE AND HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED IN AS PART OF THE OPERATION AS WELL.

WAS IT AN IMMIGRATION ACTION, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEARED?

OR A NEW CHAPTER IN CONFRONTING WHAT THE FEDS SAY IS MULTI-DIMENSIONAL THREATS FROM DRUG SMUGGLING TO CRIMINAL LABOR TRAFFICKING?

JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THE STAR TRIBUNE REPORTERS COVERING THE EVOLVING STORY, KYELAND JACKSON, SO NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK.

>> THANK YOU, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK.

>> THIS WAS QUITE AN ACCIDENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF FINGER-POINTING GOING ON, SOME MISINFORMATION, DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

>> UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY KNOW WHAT THE FEDERAL AGENTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE TOLD US, WHICH IS NOT TOO MUCH.

WE HAVE BEEN TOLDS AS YOU MENTIONED IT'S PART OF A NEW FEDERAL TASK FORCE THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS INVOLVED IN AND THIS IS UST ONE OF THOSE RAIDS THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT TASK FORCE, SO THERE'S NO TELLING IF THERE COULD BE MORE OPERATIONS AS PART OF THAT TASK FORCE THAT INVOLVED DCI, HOMELAND SECURITY, ATF, DEA AND OTHERS THAT WE SAW ON LAKE STREET.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST EIGHT RAIDS TOTAL ON THAT DAY.

>> Eric: IS THERE A SITUATION WHERE A FEDERAL AGENCY HAS TO REPORT TO LOCALS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, OR IS THAT A PROPRIETARY THING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE?

>> WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN BUT IN THIS CASE AT LEAST IT WAS PROPRIETARY, AND THE MPD AND OTHER OFFICIALS N MINNEAPOLIS WEREN'T ACTUALLY TOLD OF THE OPERATION UNTIL ABOUT THE HOUR OF OR THE HOUR AFTERWARDS.

SO CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FOR EXAMPLE WASN'T TOLD ABOUT THE OPERATION UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO AFTER IT HAD BEGUN AND WAS BROUGHT IN FOR HELPING ITH CROWD CONTROL, WITH TRAFFIC, AND WITH PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALKS.

SO IN THIS CASE THEY WERE NOT TOLD.

BUT IT'S CIRCUMSTANTIAL, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE EVENT IS AND IF THEY FEEL LIKE TELLING THEM.

>> Cathy: THIS WAS AS THEY SAY VERY TENSE.

FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE VERY UPSET.

THEY THOUGHT, THEY SAW THE I.C.E.

AGENTS AND THOUGHT IT WAS A RAID, AN IMMIGRATION RAID.

SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSING OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS OF SPREADING MISINFORMATION.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF FINGER-POINTING, BUT A LOT OF IT IS HAVING A CURRENT EFFECT ON THE BUSINESSES THERE, AND REALLY THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

AS YOU MENTIONED, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE POINTING FINGERS IN TERMS OF SAYING MISINFORMATION WAS SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PROTESTERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE SITE WERE ALLEGING THE SAME FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FEDERAL AGENCIES.

BUT A LOT OF THIS ROOTS INTO JUST MISINFORMATION, PERHAPS JUST MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT GOT ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA AS AN IMMIGRATION RAID OR IMMIGRATION OPERATION, AND THE TRAIN WENT OFF THE TRACKS FROM THERE.

>> Eric: DO RULES ABOUT THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CASE, DO THEY NEED TO BE REVISED?

IF YOU'RE CALLED S A POLICE OFFICER FOR CROWD CONTROL, IS THAT CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEPORTATION?

OR IS IT JUST PROTECTING AND IS SERVING THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> WELL, THE MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL MAY LOOK INTO THAT VERY SOON.

THEY JUST VOTED I ELIEVE IT WAS 12-0 TO DO AN AFTER-ACTION REVIEW OF WHETHER OR NOT MINNEAPOLIS WAS INVOLVED IN THIS OPERATION IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.

MINNEAPOLIS IS DESIGNATED AS A SANCTUARY CITY WHICH MEANS THAT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE AREN'T NECESSARILY SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH IMMIGRATION ACTIONS SUCH AS TAKING PEOPLE UNDER I.C.E.

OR OTHER SUCH ACTIONS.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT BUT WE SHOULD KNOW SOON MORE ONCE THAT'S DONE.

>> Cathy: IGHT, THIS INCIDENT OBVIOUSLY WAS VERY SENSITIVE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

CAN YOU TELL FOLKS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA OF MINNEAPOLIS ABOUT WHY THIS WAS SUCH A VERY TENSE SITUATION?

>> YES, WELL, IT'S A VERY LARGE PART OF THE MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT HAD VERY IN SOME BUSINESSES' CASES, DISASTROUS EFFECTS JUST FROM THE NEWS OF IT.

THE DAY AFTER THE FACT BUSINESSES UP AND DOWN LAKE STREET SAID THAT THEY ERE NOT HAVING CUSTOMERS COMING IN ALL DAY.

OTHERS THOUGHT THAT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WERE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION OR CONFUSION ONLINE.

AND IT'S AFFECTING THEM TODAY, LIKELY IN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> Eric: THAT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENT ALLOWS FOLKS TO ORGANIZE PRETTY QUICKLY, I MEAN, WORD GETS OUT.

>> YES, THERE WAS EVEN A UNIVERSITY OF I BELIEVE ST. THOMAS PROFESSOR THAT OUR COLLEAGUE INTERVIEWED TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN PEOPLE RESPOND IN SUCH MASS NUMBERS AND SO QUICKLY IN RECENT HISTORY.

A LOT OF THAT THEY BELIEVE IS BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME A PIVOTAL RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO ORGANIZE.

>> Cathy: OKAY, SO BEFORE YOU GO YOU MENTIONED THE AFTER-ACTION REVIEW.

DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THAT REPORT MIGHT BE DONE AT ALL?

>> UNFORTUNATELY NOT.

THE COUNCIL DID VOTE ON IT THURSDAY BUT WITH A LOT OF THE OUTCRY OF RESIDENTS, OF PROTESTERS, IT COULD BE SOONER THAN LATER.

THERE WAS EVEN A MERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE OF MAYOR FREY'S OFFICE I BELIEVE THURSDAY.

>> Cathy: ALL RIGHT.

KYELAND, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.