Overview
- U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez barred federal agents from detaining or retaliating against peaceful, unobstructive protesters and prohibited the use of tear gas and pepper spray against them.
- The injunction gives the Department of Homeland Security 72 hours to bring its Minneapolis operation into compliance following two shootings by federal officers in a week, including the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good.
- Multiple outlets report the Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey impeded federal enforcement; both officials denounced the reported probe as intimidation.
- President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the military, then said there is no reason to use it "right now."
- Thousands of federal immigration agents remain deployed in the Twin Cities as protests, clashes, and civil-liberties complaints continue and local leaders push for limits and accountability.