The White House is expressing anger while the FBI is putting up a reward in hopes of tracking down whoever damaged agents’ vehicles and stole government documents during unrest that followed a federal officer shooting and wounding a man on Jan. 14 in north Minneapolis.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Jan. 15 that his agency is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information related to last night’s vandalism and theft of government property in Minneapolis.
Patel pledged in the posting that “if you harm law enforcement or destroy/steal federal property this @FBI will not hesitate to pursue you, find you, and bring you to the fullest extent of justice.”
The director’s announcement included a poster that showed two agents’ vehicles vandalized and tagged with profane graffiti.
The poster said the FBI is seeking information “leading to the recovery of the stolen government property and/or the arrest of the individuals responsible for the destruction and theft of government property.”
The FBI said tips can be submitted by calling 800-225-5324 or online at tips.fbi.gov.
Videos recorded from the scene showed protesters gathering documents and other possessions they said belonged to federal agents.
One video making the rounds under the watermark “Status Coup” showed a woman holding what she said were papers from one agent’s vandalized, abandoned vehicle “with FBI operational info. It’s got full names of FBI agents, phone numbers, emails. There’s maps on where they’re staying, where they’re holding immigrants. There’s hotel names in there. There’s judge names.”
