Minnesota Sues Feds Over Evidence in ICE Shootings

Minnesota officials filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration, accusing federal agencies of withholding evidence needed for state investigations into three shootings by immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis earlier this year. The suit, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, names the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as defendants and seeks a court order to compel the release of key materials.

The incidents in question include the January 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three, by an ICE agent as she drove her vehicle during a federal operation; the January 14 wounding of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan immigrant, in the thigh by another ICE agent; and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and Veterans Affairs nurse, by a Border Patrol agent and a Customs and Border Protection officer during a protest. In each case, state investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrived at the scenes expecting cooperation but encountered resistance,...