Overview
- Homeland Security says an officer shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during a targeted traffic stop after the man fled and allegedly joined a struggle in which two others attacked the agent with a shovel and broom handle.
- Authorities reported the injured man had a non-life-threatening wound, the officer was hospitalized, and two additional individuals were taken into custody after a brief barricade at a nearby apartment.
- Protesters and federal agents clashed overnight near the scene, with officers deploying tear gas and reporting vandalized vehicles, as crowds continue to mobilize after last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
- A federal judge declined to halt the immigration sweeps this week, the state’s lawsuit to stop Operation Metro Surge is proceeding, and Attorney General Keith Ellison said he would challenge any Insurrection Act deployment in court.
- DHS says more than 2,000 arrests have been made in Minnesota since early December, local leaders say roughly 3,000 federal officers are operating in the city, and Secretary Kristi Noem said enforcement will not withdraw.