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City in and seat of Hennepin County, and largest city in State of Minnesota, United States
There is clear, repeated reporting that multiple federal prosecutors and senior Justice Department civil‑rights officials resigned in protest over how the DOJ handled the ICE shooting in Minneapolis ....
As a general rule, modern policing doctrine and federal guidance advise officers not to stand in front of or shoot into moving vehicles and to move out of the vehicle’s path when feasible; shooting at...
Video footage, witness accounts and frame-by-frame analyses published by major outlets indicate the ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, was not struck by Renee Good’s SUV; instead, footage suggests the vehicle ...
The Department of Homeland Security and multiple news outlets report that ICE agent Jonathan Ross was treated for internal bleeding after the Jan. 7 encounter in which Renee Good was shot and killed ....
Since 2024, ICE activity under the Trump administration has shown a clear geographic and tactical split: in Republican-led states and jurisdictions federal enforcement has leaned on arrests inside det...
Multiple news outlets report that a Minneapolis family says federal agents deployed tear gas and flash‑bang grenades near their van during clashes on January 14, and three children—including a 6‑month...
The ICE agent identified as Jonathan Ross has become the focal point of contested excessive-force allegations after he fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis; his record includes a high-profile...
There is no publicly verified evidence that Renée Nicole Good was paid to participate in the protests at which she was killed; major contemporary reporting describes claims that she was a paid agitato...
The podium at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Jan. 8 press conference in New York bore the phrase “One Of Ours, All Of Yours,” and several news organizations published photographs or image f...
Multiple reputable fact-checks and news outlets report that the longstanding allegation that Rep. Ilhan Omar married a brother to obtain U.S. citizenship has no credible, conclusive evidence and has b...
Reporting compiled by national outlets and advocacy groups shows a sharp and well-documented rise in deaths tied to U.S. immigration enforcement after the Trump administration’s intensified crackdown:...
Available reporting shows multiple, documented incidents in 2025 where federal immigration agents detained people later identified as U.S. citizens — including high-profile cases in Minneapolis and Ch...
There is no credible reporting that an ICE agent shot a six‑month‑old infant; contemporary coverage instead documents that a family’s van was hit with flash‑bangs and tear gas during clashes in north ...
Available reporting does not give a single, definitive number for how many Somali Minnesotans in the Twin Cities are on “some form of welfare.” Census and local reporting place roughly 80,000–84,000 p...
Video and social posts claiming Minneapolis protesters were being paid have circulated widely, but reporting shows a mix: an AI-generated clip falsely shows a man admitting $20/hour (AFP) while an on-...
Multiple reputable fact‑checking outlets — including the Associated Press, Snopes, PolitiFact, Reuters and Africa Check — have investigated claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s marital history, repeatedly f...
Most reporting and census-based summaries say the vast majority of Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens or legal residents: estimates put Minnesota’s Somali-descended population between about 76,000...
Multiple credible news outlets report that Renee Nicole Good and her wife lived in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Minneapolis, having spent a brief interim period in Canada after the 2024 pre...
Christina Rank, a 25-year-old paraprofessional at Concord Education Center in Inver Grove Heights, was stopped and taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an incident that...
Publicly available reporting and agency statements document a large nationwide increase in ICE personnel since 2024–2025, and they point to concentrated enforcement activity in a handful of states — c...