A Woodbury man says he was detained by ICE agents for more than nine hours because he followed them, marking a new battle over First Amendment rights. The encounter began in a grocery store parking lot and escalated after agents warned Ecklund he would face arrest if he continued to follow them. During a third interaction, Ecklund alleges agents reached into his car, placed him in a headlock, and threw him to the ground. He later displayed a black eye and facial injuries from the confrontation.

Ryan Ecklund said he began following an ICE vehicle from a grocery store in Woodbury, Minnesota, documenting the experience from his phone. Eventually, a second ICE vehicle joins, allowing the two cars to box Ecklund in. He describes five agents coming to his car, pulling him and putting him on the ground. He had visible bruises around his face that he attributes to the arrest. He said he then spent the next 10 hours in detainment at the Whipple Building. He said that no one read him his Miranda

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