STEVE KARNOWSKI and MARK VANCLEAVE.

Dozens of protesters have converged in the heart of the Latino community in Minneapolis after a large force of federal and local authorities wearing tactical gear conducted what they called a law enforcement action. The protesters flocked Tuesday to the area near a Mexican restaurant and other Latino-owned businesses after seeing livestreams that claimed an immigration raid was underway. However, statements from local authorities said it was not an immigration enforcement matter, but a criminal case. Several dozen protesters remained at the intersection occupied by federal agents hours earlier, using cars to block traffic. The leader of one activist group called the law enforcement operation “jackbooted thuggery.”