Excessive Force
Minneapolis shootings could spur new body cam rules for ICE and CBP
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing body camera footage of the encounter that culminated in Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti's death on Saturday. That footage could help clarify the circumstances in…
DHS retreats from claim that agents who killed Alex Pretti faced a ‘violent riot’
Federal officials have repeatedly claimed that the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees who fatally shot Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti on Saturday did so in the midst of a "riot." The situation,…
Lies, violence, and unchecked federal power
Gregory Bovino, the United States Border Protection commander at large and head of "Operation Metro Surge," the ongoing immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, was reassigned from his post on Monday, reports the…
Alex Pretti’s death widens a split between Trump and gun rights groups
After U.S. Border Patrol agents fatally shot Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti on Saturday, federal officials described him as a "domestic terrorist" and "would-be assassin" who "wanted to do maximum…
Border Patrol agents started the scuffle that led to Alex Pretti’s death
During the encounter that culminated in Minneapolis protester Renee Good's death on January 7, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents senselessly escalated a situation that could have been resolved peacefully.…
Trump backpedals from portraying Alex Pretti as a ‘would-be assassin’
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Minneapolis protester Renee Good on January 7, President Donald Trump claimed she "violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE…
DHS promises to investigate Pretti shooting but has prejudged the outcome
Hours after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot 37-year-old Minneapolis protester Renee Good on January 7, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Good was engaged in…
‘We are not investigating’ the shooting of Renee Good, says Todd Blanche
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Minneapolis protester Renee Good on January 7, the head of Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) complained that his agency had…
ICE agents flouted DHS policies that could have prevented Renee Good’s death
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross approached Renee Good's Honda Pilot at 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, January 7, his cellphone video of the encounter shows, she was smiling at him.…
California man blinded by federal officer during ICE protest
A 21-year-old has been left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer shot a nonlethal round into the protester's face during a January 9 protest in Santa Ana, California,…
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