Viral ‘bananas and rice’ Somali woman arrested for allegedly participating in Minneapolis riot

A Somali American pistillate who went viral for describing her individuality arsenic "bananas and rice" was 1 of 16 radical arrested successful Minneapolis and accused of participating successful a riot arsenic national authorities escalated enforcement pursuing clashes with protesters.

The woman, Nasra Ahmed, 23, of Minnesota, roseate to nationalist prominence aft remarks she made during a Jan. 21 quality league comparing Somali American individuality to a taste premix she described arsenic "bananas and rice," a operation that rapidly dispersed crossed societal media.

"It’s benignant of similar bananas and rice," Ahmed said. "People don’t deliberation you tin devour bananas with rice, but that’s what it’s similar to beryllium Somali and American."

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday she is successful Minneapolis arsenic national authorities measurement up enforcement pursuing caller unrest involving national instrumentality enforcement, announcing the apprehension of 16 radical accused of assaulting oregon impeding national agents.

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Nasra Ahmed, 23, was arrested for allegedly participating successful a Minneapolis anti-ICE riot. She antecedently went viral for describing her Somali American individuality utilizing a "bananas and rice" nutrient metaphor. (Attorney General Pam Bondi)

"I americium connected the crushed successful Minneapolis today," Bondi wrote connected X. "Federal agents person arrested 16 Minnesota rioters for allegedly assaulting national instrumentality enforcement — radical who person been resisting and impeding our national instrumentality enforcement rights."

"We expect much arrests to come," Bondi added. "I’ve said it before, and I’ll accidental it again: NOTHING volition halt President Trump and this Department of Justice from enforcing the law."

Bondi besides shared the names and images of those charged nether a national instrumentality that makes it a transgression to assault, resist, oregon impede national officers portion they are performing their authoritative duties.

Those named see Christina Rank, Abdikadir Noor, Madeline Tschida, Nitzana Flores, Helicity Borowska, Quentin Williams, William Vermie, Paul Johnson, Gillian Etherington, Joshua Doyle, Kirubele Adbebe, Margaret Sager, Ilan Wilson-Soler, Ahmed, Alice Valentine and Matrim Charlebois.

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Protesters were arrested successful Minneapolis aft allegedly assaulting national agents, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi. (Attorney General Pam Bondi/X and Getty Images)

The confrontations person intensified since the fatal shooting of 37-year-old American national Alex Pretti, who was killed Jan. 24 by Border Patrol agents during national migration enforcement operations successful Minneapolis.

The shooting, the 2nd fatal brushwood involving national agents successful the metropolis this month, has fueled ongoing protests and heightened tensions betwixt demonstrators and instrumentality enforcement.

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An ICU nurse, Pretti appeared to beryllium trying to assistance a pistillate who agents had knocked to the crushed erstwhile helium was sprayed with an irritant, shoved down, according to video and witnesser accounts. An cause was aboriginal seen removing his lawfully owned firearm from his waistband earlier different agents fired respective shots, sidesplitting him.

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The incidental followed unrest earlier this period implicit the ICE-involved sidesplitting of Renee Nicole Good successful Minneapolis.

Justice Department officials person said protecting national agents has go a precedence amid rising confrontations during protests and enforcement actions.