“What happened on June 3 was not in a vacuum,” she said. “If we allow even an inch, make no mistake, they will take a mile.”

Both O’Hara and Frey on Wednesday called the militarized response “tone deaf,” but were also critical of politicians who they said went to the scene and stoked panic. Several candidates running against Frey for mayor showed up at the raid, and condemned it on social media.

Council Member Linea Palmisano accused “some of my colleagues” of making inflammatory statements at the scene.

“Let’s not blame City Council members for wanting to alert their community,” Chowdhury replied.

Council Member Aisha Chughtai went to the scene, as well as state Sen. Omar Fateh, DFL-Minneapolis, who is running for mayor. Fateh called it “blatant fascism,” accused MPD of cooperating with ICE, and said it would be “unconscionable” for police to help with crowd control. Several progressives on the council support Fateh’s mayoral bid.

Council members publicly questioned who the police chief and mayor were referring to when they excoriated elected officials, with Chavez looking into the camera and challenging the police chief to “name them.”