Overview
- Politico senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein wrote on X that “the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws.”
- ICE publicly accused Gerstein of inciting violence against federal agents, and Gerstein replied that noting a risk is not advocating for it.
- Minnesota is not a stand-your-ground state and typically imposes a duty to retreat in public, while limited castle doctrine applies inside a home or place of business.
- X appended a community note to Gerstein’s post clarifying how self-defense doctrines work and stating that knocking on a door does not constitute a threat.
- The dispute unfolded as ICE, the FBI and DHS continue investigating suspected fraud at Minnesota daycare sites spotlighted by independent journalist Nick Shirley’s viral video.