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.
- On Jan. 7, 2026 and Jan. 24, 2026, federal immigration agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, prompting scrutiny, with one victim identified as a mother in her vehicle and the other on a public street.
- The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Metro Surge in December 2025 to enforce immigration laws, aiming to arrest the `worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens` and make agents more visible in public policing roles.
- Video shows an ICE agent filming Renee Good before shooting her three times as she drove away, while agents wrestled, beat, sprayed, and shot Alex Pretti 10 times after removing a firearm from his waistband.
- The Department of Justice and Homeland Security officials said criminal investigations are inappropriate and called the victims `domestic terrorists`, while some former federal prosecutors argue the facts merit a criminal inquiry into the use of lethal force.
- Policing scholars warn these incidents erode constitutional policing norms and call for review, noting that masked federal tactical agents blur civilian and military roles during Operation Metro Surge.
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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…
Could it have happened here? Minneapolis is not so different from NOLA
The Department of Homeland Security began “Catahoula Crunch” last December, targeting “criminal illegal aliens” with over 200 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Across the country, recent ICE operations have sparked civil unrest and fear. In Minnesota, two U.S. citizens died during encounters with federal immigration enforcement. Those deaths... The post OPINION | Could it have happened here? …
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