Smiling anti-ICE agitator accused of punching Florida trooper as DeSantis asserts 'This is not Minneapolis'

An anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitator successful Florida was arrested aft allegedly punching a unit successful the look during an migration enforcement operation. 

"This is Jennifer Cruz of Jacksonville," Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote successful an X post, sharing an representation of the woman, who appeared to grin arsenic instrumentality enforcement restrained her. 

Moments earlier she cracked a grin, video shows Cruz kicking toward a pistillate serviceman portion different instrumentality enforcement members had already placed her hands down her back.

"Jennifer disagrees with migration enforcement and decided to perpetrate a fewer felonies by getting retired of her car and punching a Trooper successful the face. But dissimilar Minnesota, we don’t enactment up with this nonsense. Not today, Jennifer," Uthmeier wrote.

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Authorities were seen restraining Jennifer Cruz, who allegedly punched a Florida trooper during an migration enforcement operation. (@AGJamesUthmeier connected X)

Footage shows a chaotic country arsenic authorities attempted to detain Cruz. As respective officers placed her hands down her backmost and walked her toward 1 of their vehicles, Cruz is seen attempting to footwear different pistillate serviceman nearby. Cruz past smirks arsenic the officers detaining her spot her connected the hood of a vehicle. Once placed successful the backmost of the vehicle, 

A News4JAX newsman spoke to Juan Alvarez, the proprietor of the Mi Pueblo market store which was adjacent wherever the incidental occurred. He said helium witnessed a postulation halt involving a authorities trooper. 

"ICE agents showed up with the authorities trooper. They detained the driver," helium said. 

"And truthful yeah, they had an cognition going on. And aft that, they had detained different person. But it seems they got into an altercation with that person. It turned violent," helium said, noting that much instrumentality enforcement showed up.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis successful Orlando, Florida, connected Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shared Uthmeier's station and wrote, "Really atrocious determination to onslaught 1 of our troopers. This isn’t Minneapolis…" 

DeSantis besides mentioned the incidental astatine an unrelated property league connected Thursday. 

"I bash cognize that determination was a pistillate who came retired and assaulted 1 of our troopers," DeSantis said. "Let maine conscionable archer you guys this is not Minneapolis. That is not going to extremity good for you successful Florida."

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., quipped successful a post, "Never spell afloat Jennifer."

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks astatine the National Conservative Convention successful Washington D.C., Sept. 3, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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"This is however it’s done. In Florida, we respect instrumentality enforcement and person nary patience for far-left extremists who take to support unsafe criminals alternatively of their chap Americans. This isn’t Minneapolis. In Florida, if you interruption the law, you volition wage the consequences," Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., asserted connected X.