What’s the Deal With That Scary-Looking Green Gas ICE Is Using in Minneapolis? |
Customs and Border Protection official Greg Bovino, a few seconds after deploying a canister of green gas in Minneapolis on January 21, 2026Ben Luhmann video
Immigration officers in Minneapolis are now using a weapon that’s unfamiliar to many protesters: grenades that spew a noxious green gas. On Wednesday, Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino made headlines when he hurled a canister of it at a crowd that had gathered at Mueller Park.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.Video by Ben Luhmann.
“I’m gonna gas. Get back. Gas is coming,” Bovino says in the video, filmed by........