Recap of today's news
Thank you for reading along with us today! It was a busy end of the week as we monitored the ongoing actions and aftermath from the DHS surge in Minneapolis, Trump’s continued threats to annex Greenland, and the announcement of a “Board of Peace,” to oversee the next phase of reconstruction in Gaza.
Here’s more of what we covered:
The president told reporters he would use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis if he “needed it” but that he wasn’t planning to yet. The centuries old law allows the use of military forces to quell a domestic rebellion or invasion.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers held talks with Danish and Greenlandic officials amid Trump’s persistent threats to acquire Greenland as a national security measure.
Trump, meanwhile, threatened to impose tariffs on countries who pushback against his moves to annex Greenland.
New incident reports from the Minneapolis police and fire departments, along with transcripts of 911 calls, provide new details about the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good last week in Minneapolis by an ICE officer.
The White House released a list of officials appointed by Donald Trump to what he’s calling a “board of peace”, tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza, and its transitional administration.
The Trump administration is investigating Tim Walz, the Minnesota state governor, and the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, as the justice department determines whether public statements made by the state and local leaders could be seen as criminal interference.
A federal judge issued an injunction restricting tactics that have been used widely by ICE agents against protesters in Minneapolis.
Federal judge bars ICE agents from targeting peaceful protests
A federal district judge in Minnesota issued a preliminary injunction on Friday, restricting tactics that have been used widely by ICE agents against protesters in Minneapolis.
In a filing on Friday, Judge Katherine Menendez found that the federal officers’ actions, which included “the drawing and pointing of weapons; the use of pepper spray and other non-lethal munitions; actual and threatened arrest and detainment of protesters and observers; and other intimidation tactics,” had a chilling affect on protesters exercising their First Amendment rights.
The preliminary injunction, which will prohibit the actions while litigation continues, bars officers from retaliating against peaceful protest activity, arresting or detaining people who are participating in peaceful protests, using pepper-spray or other nonlethal munitions on crowds, or stopping or detaining drivers and passengers without good cause.
The court repeatedly made clear that observing Operation Metro Surge – the DHS action in Minneapolis that flooded the area with thousands of Border Patrol and ICE agents – was not cause for retaliation, arrest, or enforcement action.
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