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The Associated Press reports one of its photographers witnessed several federal agents arresting a car full of activists at gunpoint Tuesday morning in south Minneapolis.
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Conor Wight, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Officers later stopped their vehicles and ordered individuals to come out of a car at gunpoint, the AP said.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Vasco Lopez ordered him at gunpoint into the home and went inside with him.
—Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 4 Feb. 2026
Officers stopped their vehicles and ordered activists out of a car at gunpoint.
—Ryan Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Conor Wight, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Officers later stopped their vehicles and ordered individuals to come out of a car at gunpoint, the AP said.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Vasco Lopez ordered him at gunpoint into the home and went inside with him.
—Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 4 Feb. 2026
Officers stopped their vehicles and ordered activists out of a car at gunpoint.
—Ryan Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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