Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with impeding agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown
Prosecutors say the defendants used blockades, stalking and ice to disrupt immigration agents, and 12 were arrested in Tuesday raids.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen announced charges against 15 people for "conspiracies to impede" federal immigration operations during Operation Metro Surge this winter.
- President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to "investigate, disrupt, and dismantle" groups associated with Antifa, prompting the winter operation that deployed thousands of agents across the Twin Cities.
- Rosen alleged the defendants, members of two Minneapolis-based groups, used "stalking" tactics against agents; twelve were arrested Tuesday morning, with two remaining fugitives.
- Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez urged residents to continue protecting observers, while the Minnesota Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild condemned the charges as an "act of political repression."
- Critics note that over one-third of prior Operation Metro Surge cases have been dismissed or failed, with one judge calling affidavits from Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Richard Berger "a fake affidavit.
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KVRR Local NewsFeds charge 15 anti-ICE activists
Diana E. Murphy federal courthouse is shown in Minneapolis Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) The U.S. Department of Justice charged 15 Minnesota anti-ICE protesters with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal agent, shortly after prosecutors dropped multiple similar cases for lack of evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. Four of the defendants are facing additional charges. Among the allegations: posting inflamm…
Minneapolis antifa network charged with conspiracy to target immigration officers
More than a dozen suspects belonging to what authorities are describing as Minneapolis-based antifa groups have been federally charged for conspiring to obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement through coordinated violence. A federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday charged 15 individuals with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers, interstate stalking, destruction of government property, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, an…
15 Antifa radicals indicted, 12 arrested in sweeping federal probe into Minneapolis anti-ICE operations
Fifteen Antifa members have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to obstruct federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis through force and intimidation.
Self-identified Antifa member caught on video urging armed resistance as feds charge 15 in Minneapolis cell
Share This StoryFederal prosecutors on Tuesday announced charges against 15 alleged members and associates of two Minneapolis-based Antifa-linked groups, accusing them of conspiring to obstruct federal immigration operations, stalk officers, assault law enforcement, and damage government property. The charges stem from an investigation into Direct Action Minnesota, a group prosecutors say organized efforts to disrupt federal immigration enforcem…
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