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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
Federal judge enjoins agents from detaining or using crowd control on peaceful protesters amid surge of nearly 3,000 officers deployed in Minnesota, citing constitutional rights violations.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a preliminary injunction limiting federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis from detaining lawful protesters or using pepper spray on peaceful observers.
- A December lawsuit filed on behalf of six protesters and observers alleged arrests, detentions and pepper-spraying that infringed their First and Fourth Amendment rights, following a weekslong enforcement surge and the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.
- Her 83-page order cited eyewitness accounts and video showing more than a dozen witnesses reporting chemical spray used without warning and unmarked vehicles boxing in protesters, which Menendez called disturbing.
- As a result, federal officers are now prohibited from arresting without probable cause or retaliating against peaceful observers until the recent mass surge of federal law enforcement concludes.
- Operation Metro Surge could be affected as federal government attorneys argued pepper spray was needed to quell "violent, obstructive, dangerous, and often criminal behavior," while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged residents to "Help us establish a record of exactly what's been happening in our communities.
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