Overview
- U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez declined a temporary restraining order on Minnesota’s lawsuit against Operation Metro Surge and ordered rapid briefing, with a federal response due Monday and a state reply by Jan. 22.
- DHS says an ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during a struggle after a traffic stop in North Minneapolis, with the officer hospitalized and two additional individuals taken into custody.
- Federal officials continue to defend agents’ actions as self‑defense, with multiple outlets reporting the officer who killed Renee Nicole Good suffered internal bleeding before being treated and released.
- Large protests persisted across the Twin Cities with tear gas, pepper spray and dozens of arrests reported, and school districts prepared remote options as clashes spread to federal buildings and city streets.
- Tribal and community groups reported Native American residents being detained or questioned and circulated videos of aggressive tactics, including agents dragging a woman from a car, while more than 2,000 federal officers remain deployed.