A Liberian man released after his battering-ram arrest in Minneapolis is back in custody again

Trump eases threat to send troops to Minnesota. Liberian man is released after battering-ram arrest 1 of 10 | A Liberian man taken into custody in Minnesota by immigration agents and later ordered released by a federal judge has been taken back into custody (AP Video: Mark Vancleave) 2 of 10 | A Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. (AP video: Mark Vancleave) 3 of 10 | A Liberian man arrested after armed immigration agents used a battering ram to enter his Minneapolis home had checked in with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. 4 of 10 | A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, officials said. The shooting is further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman. 5 of 10 | Demonstrators gathered outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Thursday night to protest the federal immigration crackdown there. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests. AP Video by David Martin. 6 of 10 | Federal immigration officers prepare to enter a home to make an arrest after an officer used a battering ram to break down a door Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) 7 of 10 | ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson becomes emotional as he is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) 8 of 10 | ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, right, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after federal immigration officers arrested Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) 9 of 10 | ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) 10 of 10 | ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, second from left, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after federal immigration officers arrested Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) 1 of 10 A Liberian man taken into custody in Minnesota by immigration agents and later ordered released by a federal judge has been taken back into custody (AP Video: Mark Vancleave) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2 of 10 A Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. (AP video: Mark Vancleave) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 3 of 10 A Liberian man arrested after armed immigration agents used a battering ram to enter his Minneapolis home had checked in with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 4 of 10 A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, officials said. The shooting is further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman. Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 5 of 10 Demonstrators gathered outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Thursday night to protest the federal immigration crackdown there. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests. AP Video by David Martin. Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 6 of 10 Federal immigration officers prepare to enter a home to make an arrest after an officer used a battering ram to break down a door Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 7 of 10 ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson becomes emotional as he is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 8 of 10 ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, right, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after federal immigration officers arrested Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 9 of 10 ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 10 of 10 ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, second from left, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after federal immigration officers arrested Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Minneapolis (AP) — A Liberian man who has been shuttled in and out of custody since immigration agents in Minnesota broke down his door with a battering ram was released again Friday, hours after a routine check-in with authorities led to his second arrest.State authorities, meanwhile, had a message for any weekend protests against the Trump administration’s unprecedented immigration sweep in the Twin Cities: avoid confrontation.“While peaceful expression is protected, any actions that harm people, destroy property or jeopardize public safety will not be tolerated,” said Commissioner Bob Jacobson of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.His comments came after President Donald Trump backed off a bit from his threat a day earlier to invoke an 1807 law, the Insurrection Act, to send troops to suppress demonstrations. “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. Federal immigration officers prepare to enter a home to make an arrest after an officer used a battering ram to break down a door Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Federal immigration officers prepare to enter a home to make an arrest after an officer used a battering ram to break down a door Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Detention whiplashThe dramatic initial arrest of Garrison Gibson last weekend was captured on video. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan ruled the arrest unlawful Thursday and freed him, but Gibson was detained again Friday when he appeared at an immigration office.A few hours later, Gibson was free again, attorney Marc Prokosch said. “In the words of my client, he said that somebody at ICE said they bleeped up and so they re-released him this afternoon and so he’s out of custody,” Prokosch said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, right, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after federal immigration officers arrested Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, right, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after federal immigration officers arrested Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gibson’s arrest is one of more than 2,500 made during a weekslong immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and St. Paul, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The operation has intensified and become more confrontational since the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan. 7.Gibson, 37, who fled the civil war in his West African home country as a child, had been ordered removed from the U.S., apparently because of a 2008 drug conviction that was later dismissed. He has remained in the country legally under what’s known as an order of supervision, Prokosch said, and complied with the requirement that he meet regularly with immigration authorities. In his Thursday order, the judge agreed that officials violated regulations by not giving Gibson enough notice that his supervision status had been revoked. Prokosch said he was told by ICE that they are “now going through their proper channels” to revoke the order. ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Americans urged to carry IDs Meanwhile, tribal leaders and Native American rights organizations are advising anyone with a tribal ID to carry it with them when out in public in case they are approached by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.Native Americans across the U.S. have reported being stopped or detained by ICE, and tribal leaders are asking members to report these contacts.Ben Barnes, chief of the Shawnee Tribe in Oklahoma and chair of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, called the reports “deeply concerning”.Organizers in Minneapolis have set up application booths in the city to assist people needing a tribal ID.Democratic members of Congress held a local meeting Friday to hear from people who say they’ve had aggressive encounters with immigration agents. St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, who is Hmong American, said people are walking around with their passports in case they are challenged, and she has received reports of ICE agents going from door to door “asking where the Asian people live.” Thousands of Hmong people, largely from the Southeast Asian nation of Laos, have settled in the United States since the 1970s.911 caller: Good was shot ‘point blank’Minneapolis authorities released police and fire dispatch logs and transcripts of 911 calls, all related to the fatal shooting of Good. Firefighters found what appeared to be two gunshot wounds in her right chest, one in her left forearm and a possible gunshot wound on the left side of her head, records show.“They shot her, like, cause she wouldn’t open her car door,” a caller said. “Point blank range in her car.”Good, 37, was at the wheel of her Honda Pilot, which was partially blocking a street. Video showed an officer approached the SUV, demanded that she open the door and grabbed the handle.Good began to pull forward and turned the vehicle’s wheel to the right. Another ICE officer, Jonathan Ross, pulled his gun and fired at close range, jumping back as the SUV moved past him. DHS claims the agent shot Good in self-defense. FBI Director Kash Patel said at least one person has been arrested for stealing property from an FBI vehicle in Minneapolis. The SUV was among government vehicles whose windows were broken Wednesday evening. Attorney General Pam Bondi said body armor and weapons were stolen.The destruction occurred when agents were responding to a shooting during an immigration arrest. Trump subsequently said on social media that he would invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota officials don’t stop the “professional agitators and insurrectionists” there.Minnesota’s attorney general responded by saying he would sue if the president acts.Associated Press reporters Ed White and Corey Williams in Detroit; Graham Lee Brewer in Oklahoma City; Jesse Bedayn in Denver; Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu; and Ben Finley in Washington contributed. Based in New Orleans, Brook covers Louisiana with a focus on state government, environmental issues and infrastructure. He is a Report for America corps member and can be reached on the secure messaging app Signal at jackbrook.88 Karnowski covers politics and government from Minnesota for The Associated Press. He also covers the ongoing fallout from the murder of George Floyd, courts and the environment, among other topics.