A 40-year-old Jacksonville woman was arrested and booked on multiple assault charges after she allegedly punched a Florida state trooper who was working with federal immigration agents — prompting a warning from Gov. Ron DeSantis that the Sunshine State “is not Minneapolis.”
At a news conference Thursday, DeSantis warned anyone contemplating violent opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to think twice.
“This is not Minneapolis,” the governor told reporters. “This is not going to end well for you in Florida.”
The state’s top law enforcement official agreed, posting a still of the woman with a wide grin in the middle of her arrest.
“This is Jennifer Cruz of Jacksonville,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Thursday in a post on X. “Jennifer
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