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Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act to Deploy U.S. Military in Minneapolis

The threat follows a week of unrest over ICE shootings, prompting lawsuits and calls for an independent investigation.

Overview

  • Homeland Security said an ICE agent fired a defensive shot that wounded a Venezuelan man in the leg, setting off fresh clashes between protesters and law enforcement.
  • Hundreds of additional federal agents have been sent to Minnesota, adding to roughly 2,000 already deployed, according to officials.
  • Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota have initiated legal action challenging the breadth and conduct of federal immigration operations in the city.
  • The U.N. human-rights office urged a rapid, independent, and transparent probe into the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
  • Good’s family launched a civil investigation and retained Romanucci & Blandin, the law firm that represented George Floyd’s family.