Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis Click here to listen to this article Share via Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy federal troops to Minneapolis to end protests against immigration enforcement operations. An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good on Jan. 7, and another federal officer fired on a man Wednesday, escalating tensions. President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday as part of his immigration crackdown, blaming politicians in Minnesota who have opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ presence in the city and decried their violence against protesters. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post . The president made his threat a day after a federal immigration officer shot a Minneapolis man in the leg. The agency said the man attacked federal officers with a shovel and a broom as they tried to complete a targeted traffic stop. If Trump invoked the Insurrection Act, he could deploy federal troops to the state. Protests have intensified in the Minnesota city in the last week since an ICE agent shot Renee Good, a local woman who was part of a group observing ICE activity, in the head. Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was killed as she took part in an “ICE watch” protest documenting federal immigration activity, after three ICE agents surrounded her SUV on a snowy street. Bystander videos shows one immigration officer ordering Good out of the vehicle and grabbing the door handle as another agent, Jonathan Ross, positions himself in front of her vehicle. As she begins to move the SUV forward, Ross raises his weapon and fires at least three shots at close range. Ross suffered internal bleeding to his torso from the encounter, according to a statement from Homeland Security officials provided to the Associated Press. “I would say that our agent is beat up, he’s bruised, he’s injured, he’s getting treatment,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Thursday, saying the agency was “thankful that he made it out alive.” Video from the incident showed Ross curse at Good after shooting her then walking away from the incident. A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday After Good was fatally shot, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, told ICE to “get the f- out of Minneapolis” and dubbed federal claims that its officers killed Good in self defense “bulls-.” Still, he has urged residents to act peacefully, warning them Trump could call in the military. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has also spoken out against ICE and earlier this week, the state’s Atty. Gen. Keith Ellison filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, asking the court to block the surge...

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