US EditionI’m a Former FBI Agent; Federal Agents in Minneapolis Are Undermining Law Enforcement Principles
Federal agents killed two U.S. citizens during a militarized immigration enforcement surge, raising legal and tactical questions amid protests and resistance to criminal probes.
- During Operation Metro Surge last month, CBP agents shot and killed 37-year-old U.S. citizen Alex Pretti on a public street in Minneapolis, and an ICE agent shot and killed a mother of three in her vehicle.
- Last month, DHS launched Operation Metro Surge to arrest the 'worst of the worst,' deploying ICE and CBP in visible, militarized street roles in Minneapolis.
- Agents sprayed Pretti with a chemical agent, wrestled and beat him, an agent removed a firearm from his waistband, and agents then shot him 10 times; Pretti had kicked a taillight 11 days earlier.
- DOJ and DHS officials said criminal probes are inappropriate and called the victims domestic terrorists, while some former federal prosecutors argue the cases warrant thorough investigations; the public and bystanders witnessed clashes with officers and eroding trust.
- Supreme Court standards dictate that deadly force must meet Graham v. Connor's reasonableness and Tennessee v. Garner's imminent harm limits, while policing scholars urge investigation to uphold the rule of law.
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The scene, told the governor, was no longer out of his head. Tim Walz passed through a commercial area in the most popular city of the state that ordered, in the Middle East United States, when, when, at the bottom of the car window, he identified panic expressions. People fled to the press, leaving behind what they were carrying. Minutes of tension occurred until everyone realized that the black SUVs were not vehicles of the Immigration and the…
I’m a former FBI agent; Federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining law enforcement principles
Federal agents spray demonstrators at close range with irritants after the killing of Renee Good by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. Since July 2025, there have been at least 17 open-fire incidents involving federal immigration agents, according to data compiled by The Trace, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news outlet investigating gun violence. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)…
First Amendment lawyers say Minneapolis ICE observers are protected by Constitution
People whistle and film as federal agents block an alley near 35th Street and Chicago Avenue while they break a car window to detain a man and his young daughter Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)Less than an hour after the Saturday morning killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in south Minneapolis, conservative influencer Cam Higby took to social media with a sensational claim: Higby had “infiltrated” the grou…
Isabelle Brourman Blocked a Federal Riot Control Round in Minneapolis With her Sketching Board
Isabelle Brourman is a fixture in the courtroom, where her work is defined by the intense social and political friction she documents. While she has gained significant attention for 'bearing witness' to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests and immigration proceedings in New York City, Brourman frames her sketches as historical records rather than direct acts of protest. However, that line between observer and participant blurred dur…
How Federal Agents in Minneapolis Are Undermining Basic Law Enforcement Principles
Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama; Institute for Humane Studies The Trump administration says federal agents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution in Minneapolis. Department of Justice and Homeland Security officials have indicated that criminal investigations into the killings by immigration agents of Minneapolis protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti are inappropriate, declaring t…
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Saturday to withdraw the presence of federal agents in demonstrations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other Democratic cities, but promised that they would continue to defend federal government-owned facilities, according to EFE.The president's order follows the outrage generated in the country by the killing of two protesters by federal agents during protests against immigration raids in Minneapolis.
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