Somali Woman from Viral 'Bananas and Rice' Video Arrested by Homeland Security

Somali Woman from Viral ‘Bananas and Rice’ Video Arrested by Homeland Security


Nasra Ahmed may soon find out whether federal prisons serve bananas and rice.

According to a social media news release from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ahmed — who went viral for a video in which she famously, if somewhat inscrutably, described the Somali-American experience as being like “bananas and rice” together — was arrested and is one of 16 Minneapolis rioters who have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officials.

Ahmed went viral last week when she said, during a media briefing in the Minnesota State Capitol, that she had been “kidnapped by ICE.”

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According to WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Ahmed described being “in the area when she believes ICE were targeting two men she did not know, only for agents to shove

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