ICE Agents Eat Shit: Brutal Minneapolis Winter Fails

The wind howled that January, biting any exposed skin in Minneapolis. A woman watched from her window as an ICE agent, masked and heavily armed, slipped on the ice right in front of her house, sprawling onto the unforgiving pavement. Laughter, immediate and cathartic, erupted from the onlookers—a collective exhale in a city on edge.

U.S. secret police are reportedly terrorizing Minnesota right now, harassing anyone who isn’t white, detaining residents, and demanding to see proof of U.S. citizenship. It’s a tense situation in the state as the current administration utilizes propaganda against the Somali community. But amidst the fear, something unexpected has emerged: a series of viral videos showcasing agents hilariously losing their footing on the treacherous Minnesota ice.

ICE agents are reportedly getting minimal training and vetting. One journalist at Slate reported that she was swiftly offered a job, even though a basic background check would have disqualified her due to her anti-ICE views.

NBC News reported this week that ICE has been using an AI tool to categorize resumes submitted to the agency. The tool apparently fast-tracked applicants with no law enforcement experience into shorter training programs simply for using the word “officer” in any context. Just mentioning that they wanted to become an ICE officer was enough for the AI to give an applicant the green light to skip a more rigorous training.

ICE on Ice

Learning to walk on ice is a skill honed by Minnesotans. It’s a calibration process. You develop techniques through trial and error. After a while, you can navigate the slippery sidewalks without falling too much. But for outsiders trying to snatch people off the streets, keeping your balance can be especially hard.

I no longer live in Minnesota, but when I visit friends and family in the winter, walking on the ice again is like reading an old book—the story comes back to you. And watching all the hilarious viral videos on social media right now, it’s clear many of these federal agents have never navigated terrain quite like this.

Supercuts of agents falling have cropped up on sites like TikTok, X, and Bluesky, and they’re pretty amusing. Some of the videos also show masked figures sliding along the icy streets in their cars. Driving on ice is another skill that takes time and practice.

The supercuts are good, but sometimes the standalone videos can be even better. This video includes the audio from when an agent slipped hard. The crowd cheers as he scrambles to pick himself back up. In that video Snopes notes that the agent is technically from Border Patrol, not ICE.

Soundtracks can also be part of the fun, with song choices ranging from Foreigner’s 1977 hit “Cold as Ice” to Vanilla Ice’s 1990 song “Ice Ice Baby.”

Another viral video captures the energy as an agent falls repeatedly, eventually just trying to tackle the closest person he can find in a bid to save face. These guys are fundamentally cowards who hide behind their masks and guns, so they really don’t like being ridiculed.

BREAKING — ICE Agent Ambushed by Gravity, Assaults Random Man. pic.twitter.com/5JoDXk3Buv

— ★★★ Pamphlets ★★★ (@PamphletsY) January 15, 2026

Another video shows a federal agent falling while trying to push around a student at Roosevelt High School.

Loser ICE agent eats shit while trying to tackle a teenager pic.twitter.com/IOFE6JWAUM

— the ginger cat from reno 911 (@frivolousisme) January 10, 2026

It’s not just supercuts that have spread. People are also making remixes and creative edits, which are pretty amusing.

There are also plenty of photoshops with various references to pop culture.

We haven’t independently verified every video’s location or authenticity, though we’re fairly confident the vast majority are real. In these cases, we often have the agents falling from multiple angles. Some of the videos in the longest supercuts are also not exclusively from Minnesota. The one where it looks like the agent tore something in his leg, just randomly falling down, appears to be from Whittier, California.

ICE agent falls to the ground and possibly tears his ACL as the person he’s trying to detain runs away (Whittier CA – 10/27/2025) pic.twitter.com/u98AKSAyja

— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) October 28, 2025

The Killing of Renee Good

The laughter stops. January 7th is a date many in the Twin Cities will never forget. Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent, killed Renee Good. Ross reportedly lives in the Minneapolis suburb of Chaska, according to People magazine. Ross reportedly told neighbors he worked as a botanist, a lie that’s easy to understand given ICE’s unpopularity. Fifty-seven percent of Americans disapprove of ICE, according to a new poll, and a whopping 74% of Democrats believe ICE should be abolished.

The Minneapolis Fire Department released an incident report that says Good had an “irregular pulse” when emergency responders removed her from her vehicle, according to the New York Times. A man on the scene, who said he was a doctor, was told he couldn’t check on her, according to a video that spread widely online.

President Donald Trump has threatened to escalate matters further in Minnesota, writing Thursday that he might invoke the Insurrection Act. Introducing more guys with guns isn’t going to be much different from what we’ve got now.

The federal government’s operation in Minnesota is officially called Operation Metro Surge. Trump called Somali-Americans “garbage” in one of the most overtly racist diatribes delivered from the Oval Office in modern history. And his complaints about fraud in the state are ridiculous. If this were about fraud, they’d send auditors. Instead, they’ve sent masked men to terrorize the community.

How do we know none of this is even about legal immigration?

Three members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe reportedly remain in ICE custody, according to Bring Me the News. Four homeless men were reportedly picked up in south Minneapolis on Jan. 9, and one of the men was released, but three apparently remain detained. Oglala Sioux Tribe president Frank Star Comes Out has said that ICE wanted the tribe to enter into an agreement that would make it easier for the federal agency to enter tribal land and detain anyone they like. The tribe declined.

Jose Roberto Ramirez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen and descendant of the Red Lake Nation, was also reportedly arrested and released last week, according to the Star Tribune. Two Target workers were brutalized in the suburb of Richfield.

What are the weather conditions like in Minneapolis right now?

The weather in Minnesota is forecast to be pretty brutal next week, with some highs in the single digits and wind chills that make it feel closer to -29C (€-26C), according to Accuweather. That means any out-of-towners aren’t just going to be slipping. They’re going to be freezing if they’re standing around in the cold.

What kind of training do ICE agents receive?

DHS didn’t respond to questions about the viral videos of agents slipping on the ice in Minnesota. We had hoped that they could provide some clarity about whether these spills are a result of poor training or just the fact that most of the agents aren’t from Minnesota. It could be both, of course, but we’d love to hear their take. We’ll update this article if they respond.