12h ago / 2:28 AM EST
Minnesota solicitor general sends letter to judge in lawsuit against Trump administration over Operation Metro Surge
In the state of Minnesota’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over Operation Metro Surge, Minnesota Solicitor General Liz Kramer and Minneapolis officials have sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez pleading with her to take action and provide the state with what they call the “urgent” emergency relief it needs.
“Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs’ communities, are in urgent need of a Court-ordered respite to the irreparable injuries Defendants continue to cause to the health, safety, education, and welfare of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and indeed the entire State of Minnesota,” Kramer and her colleagues write. “This cannot continue. We need the Court to act to stop this Surge before yet another resident dies because of Operation Metro Surge.”
They’re asking Menendez to “put the parties back in their positions before the Surge began and to immediately prevent even further irreparable harms to Plaintiffs’ ability to protect the public health, welfare, safety, and education. This will allow the Court—with the status quo duly preserved—to then examine the facts and the law in due course to consider more durable relief.”
“The record before the Court is more than sufficient to justify this immediate relief: Plaintiffs have demonstrated ongoing, irreparable harm and established serious constitutional claims,” the letter says. “Every day that passes without Court intervention compounds these injuries and undermines the very rights this Court is charged to protect.”
A hearing on Minnesota’s initial motion for relief was scheduled for Monday, well before today’s events transpired. That hearing is still on.
13h ago / 1:23 AM EST
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says ‘the credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake’ after Minnesota shooting
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., posted on social media this evening that the “credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake” after the shooting in Minneapolis today.
He called for a “full joint federal and state investigation,” adding, “We can trust the American people with the truth.”
Cassidy faces a primary challenge in his Louisiana Senate race from Rep. Julia Letlow, who has Trump’s endorsement.
13h ago / 12:45 AM EST
‘They’re going to kill some of us,’ protester says
Wearing a respirator, Savannah Thissen, 26, said she was out protesting tonight because, like Pretti, she is a healthcare worker.
“In my industry of love and service, 90% of my co workers and friends and family are immigrants, many of whom are nurses,” she said. “And today they have proven that they’re willing to execute health care workers, immigrants and innocent citizens all.”
“I have to be here,” she added. “I don’t know how I could be at home.”
Savannah Thissen. Matt Lavietes
Thissen said that while there is a “sense of despair is creeping in” the city following its third officer-involved shooting this month,