U.S. Border Patrol agent knees man in face in Minneapolis as other agents hold him down

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: January 12, 2026

Words: 654

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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A U.S. Border Patrol agent kneed a man at least five times in the face while several other agents held him pinned facedown on the pavement in south Minneapolis on Friday, according to multiple witnesses who shared videos with the Reformer.

Yarrow Tkachuk-Kedziora, a Minneapolis resident, heard a horn blaring and looked out a second-floor window onto Chicago Avenue near 24th Street. They saw a black Chevrolet Suburban driven by a U.S. Border Patrol agent …

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