Besieged Minneapolis Endures Second Shooting in a Week By Feds - The Thursday AM Quickie 1/15/25

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• Feds Shoot and Injure Another Person in Minneapolis; Police Cannot Confirm Details Homeland Security says they were pursuing an undocumented Venezuelan man when two people came out of an apartment and allegedly "attacked" agents with a snow shovel; the local police chief says he isn't sure if the man agents shot is the same one they initially stopped. via the Washington Post, NBC News, and the Minnesota Star-Tribune.
• Protests Grow in Minneapolis; Unions and Community Groups Call for Citywide Strike on Friday, Jan. 23 "News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities," Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said last night, urging residents to use their phones to record federal agents and "help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity but to bank evidence for future prosecution." via the Associated Press, In These Times, and Minnesota Reformer.
• 'They Tricked Us': Refugees Welcomed to Minnesota After Years of Vetting Now Endure the Brunt of ICE Abuses Garrison Gibson, 37, of Minneapolis, who fled the Liberian civil war as a child, had his front door broken down with a battering ram over the weekend despite checking in regularly with federal authorities for years. via the Washington Post, the AP, Sahan Journal, and Common Dreams.
• Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Claims, Then Denies, He's Working for ICE Meanwhile, a botched AI recruiting tool sent new ICE agents into the streets on the assumption that they had law enforcement experience when in fact they had no such thing. via Hannah Gais, NBC News, and Slate.
• Republican Candidate for Minnesota Governor, a Lawyer, Takes on the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Nicole Good as a Client Meanwhile, Good's family has retained attorney Anthony Romanucci, who "teamed with civil rights attorney Ben Crump and won a $27 million payout in 2021 from the city of Minneapolis to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in connection with George Floyd’s death in May 2020." via the Star-Tribune, the New York Times, and the AP.
• An Open Letter to Denmark from Minnesota: 'Putin Must Be So Happy Right Now' Meanwhile, a British observer warns that "a system that puts paramilitaries on US streets to round people up willy-nilly should be approached by those protesting with the understanding that there is nothing – nothing – it won't do to shut them up." via Minnesota Reformer, the Guardian, and the AP.
• Four More Elected Democratic Veterans say the Regime Is Investigating Them for Urging Servicemembers to Honor Their Oaths to the Constitution “Donald Trump called for my arrest, prosecution, and execution — all because I said something he didn't like. Now he's pressuring his political appointees to harass me for daring to speak up and hold him accountable," says Colorado Rep. Jason Crow. "I won't be intimidated and will keep fighting to uphold my oath to the Constitution and defend our country.” via the Washington Post and NBC News.
• Minnesota Squad Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls for the Impeachment of ICE Figurehead Kristi Noem Meanwhile, the legislative push to rein in ICE has moved to Republican-led states, with Democratic bills introduced in Georgia, New Hampshire, and Tennessee. via Common Dreams, the AP, Politico, and the Los Angeles Times.

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