How many arrests and injuries resulted from anti‑ICE protests in Minneapolis compared with other cities in 2025–2026?

1. Minneapolis: dozens arrested, clergy mass‑detentions, and fatal shootings that escalated protests

Local and international outlets converge on a pattern: weekend clashes in Minneapolis resulted in roughly 29–30 arrests during demonstrations described as “unruly” by some outlets (BBC and Fox News reported 30 and 29 arrests respectively for the same weekend) and a separate, highly visible incident in which over 100 clergy members were detained during a prayer protest at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport ^{[2] [1] [3]}. Those street arrests were accompanied by limited reports of physical injuries to officers — for example, a minor injury after a chunk of ice was thrown — but the political and human toll driving the protests was dominated by the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in January 2026, events repeatedly cited as the catalyst for larger mobilizations ^{[2] [4] [5]}.

2. The national picture: many cities protested, but hard numbers aren’t published

Reporting establishes that anti‑ICE actions spread to other U.S. cities with coordinated walkouts, retail actions, and protests planned for a nationwide “Day of Action,” and that groups from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles engaged in solidarity tactics, but none of the reviewed coverage supplies a systematic, comparable count of arrests or injuries across those cities for 2025–26 that would allow a clean statistical comparison with Minneapolis ^{[5] [6]}. Reuters and The Guardian catalog the breadth of demonstrations and isolated incidents — including arrests of high‑profile figures in some locales — but do not publish consolidated arrest or medical‑injury data city by city ^{[6] [5]}.

3. What qualifies as a protest “injury” or “arrest” complicates comparisons

Part of the challenge in direct comparison is definitional: some sources distinguish arrests of protesters from federal immigration arrests under operations like Operation Metro Surge, while others blur lines between detainees, observers, clergy arrestees, and those taken into custody for unrelated prior warrants (Wikipedia and Britannica note complications in ICE’s arrest tallies and transfers) ^{[7] [4]}. Minneapolis reporting includes arrests tied to protest actions and federal enforcement operations, and outlets note disputes about who was actually arrested as part of the surge versus transferred from other custody, which further muddies efforts to compare raw numbers with actions elsewhere ^[7].

4. Injuries, fatalities and the media frame: what the sources emphasize

Coverage emphasizes a small number of documented physical injuries to law enforcement during Minneapolis demonstrations — for instance, a CBS‑reported minor injury to an officer after ice was thrown — while placing far greater emphasis on the two deaths of Minneapolis residents at the hands of federal agents, which major outlets say spurred mass mobilizations and nationwide solidarity protests ^{[2] [4]}. Some outlets and commentators frame the local resistance as largely non‑violent but reactive to agency force, a viewpoint that complicates simple “Minneapolis was more violent” narratives advanced by political actors ^[8].

5. Conclusion: Minneapolis stands out in impact if not in clean metrics

Based on available reporting, Minneapolis experienced concentrated arrests (reported in the high‑20s for a single weekend and a separate six‑figure clergy detention event) and at least two deaths tied to federal agents that galvanized nationwide protests, while reporting on other cities documents widespread actions but lacks comprehensive, comparable arrest and injury totals for 2025–26; therefore Minneapolis can be identified as a focal point of arrests and trauma in this period, but a definitive numeric city‑by‑city comparison cannot be produced from the sources reviewed ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}.