A federal prosecutor who planned to file civil rights charges against an ICE agent for shooting Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis was fired after Trump administration officials blocked the charges. The agent was instead charged only with making false statements to investigators.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday to compel the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro, who is charged with shooting a Venezuelan man in the leg during a January deportation operation in Minneapolis and allegedly lying about the incident. Abbott has refused to extradite Castro, who is being held in a Texas jail.
The Department of Homeland Security launched 'Operation Puppet Master' to surveil and investigate local anti-ICE efforts just days after federal immigration agents killed a nurse in Minneapolis, targeting labor unions and activist groups.
The Trump administration conducted expansive surveillance of churches, labor unions, libraries, and civil society groups in Minneapolis following ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti in January. The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice spent months infiltrating and monitoring left-leaning organizations during protests against immigration enforcement operations.
U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne issued a preliminary injunction blocking Virginia's measure that would have banned law enforcement officers from wearing masks, ruling it was an unconstitutional attempt to regulate the federal government. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department.
Kenyan police arrested more than 350 people and dispersed crowds with tear gas in Nairobi on Thursday as families of victims and demonstrators marked the two-year anniversary of 2024 anti-government protests that killed approximately 60 people. Protesters marched to Parliament demanding compensation and justice for those killed during the original demonstrations against tax hikes and cost of living.
The killing of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old schoolgirl from Fleurance in southwest France, has triggered nationwide outrage and tens of thousands of protesters demanding government action after police failed to question the suspected killer about previous incidents, exposing systemic failures in France's judicial system.
