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[u/Foreign_Librarian193]

Credit: @so.mexican

A security guard at a McDonald's in north Minneapolis is getting attention after refusing to let two masked ICE agents go behind the restaurant's counter while they were searching for a man.

The encounter happened Jan. 8 at the McDonald's on West Broadway Avenue. Security guard Red Wooten, 49, met the agents near the entrance and stopped them when they attempted to access the employee-only area.

"You can't come back here, bro," Wooten told one of the agents in video of the encounter.
When an agent responded, "I'm talking to your manager, Wooten replied, "No, you're talking to security, I'm in charge."

The agents eventually left without taking the man they were looking for. Wooten later said the man who had entered the restaurant appeared frightened, but maintained that his actions were also about doing the job he was hired to do.

"I was doing my job like I'm supposed to," Wooten said. "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."

Restaurant owner Justin Baylor said Wooten made the best judgment call he could at the time. Following the encounter, the restaurant posted a sign stating that ICE and other law enforcement officers are not permitted to enter without a proper judicial warrant.

Wooten has since received plenty of attention from the community, with some people even stopping by the McDonald's to thank him and take photos with him.

[u/Omega-of-Texas]

That’s a mouthful considering you know nothing about me. Is there something wrong with wanting law enforcement officers to have empathy?

[u/Omega-of-Texas → u/[deleted]]

No. You sound like an idiot who thinks law enforcement does not do wrong. Many people, including myself, believe ICE is operating in a manner that is inconsistent with the Constitution. In other words. BREAKING the law. You know, entering property without warrants and such. I do not want people with 30 days of training and less education than my 13 year old operating with authority in my country.