"As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said, would "create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans - not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution." While the feds besieged hospitals and school bus stops and Targets, Walz imagined a future with something akin to the Nuremberg trials."
"The state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, is asking a federal judge to pause what the Trump administration is calling "Operation Metro Surge," the descent of 2,000 masked and armed ICE agents on the Twin Cities. The lawsuit tries several different avenues to get there. It's an uncurated shotgun blast of legal reasoning in a time of crisis. But one common thread binds it all together: states' rights."
Masked and armed ICE agents conducted Operation Metro Surge across the Twin Cities, leading Gov. Tim Walz to urge residents to film the actions to create evidence for future prosecution. The operation reportedly involved 2,000 agents targeting hospitals, school bus stops, and stores. Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul filed suit asking a federal judge to pause the operation, arguing federal agents bypassed local authorities. The lawsuit frames the issue as states' rights and alleges that the federal actions violated the compact of the Bill of Rights. The filing portrays the legal response as a bulwark against federal overreach and for accountability.
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