Trump’s Frantic Attack on Minnesota Hits Obstacles in the Streets—and the Courts |
A Border Patrol agent deploys pepper spray into the face of a protestor attempting to block an immigration officer vehicle from leaving the scene where Renée Good was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis.Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/Getty
On Friday afternoon, a judge blocked federal agents in Minneapolis from arresting peaceful protesters or using crowd control tools against them, just as news broke that Trump’s justice department desperately launched an investigation into whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey impeded immigration enforcement through their public opposition.
US District Judge Kate Menendez ruled that DHS and ICE agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota must refrain from “using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity.” Menendez........