Overview
- Interest in constitutional observer training has spiked, with the Immigrant Defense Network scheduling sessions in 30 cities across 20 Minnesota counties and additional Upper Midwest stops.
- More than 300 people attended a training at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, the second in the network’s multi-week “Brave Of Us” tour.
- Organizers instruct observers to document interactions through video, notes, and photos, to wear visible identification, and to obey commands without interfering in enforcement operations.
- The FBI is leading the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by federal immigration agents, and officials have not clarified whether she was serving as an official observer at the time.
- DHS labeled Good a “domestic terrorist,” and Vice President JD Vance alleged an obstruction network, claims disputed by local leaders and training groups that describe observers as accountability-focused.