Trump administration appeals limits on agents' tactics toward Minnesota protesters

In a brief filing, lawyers for the ⁠Department of Justice told the court they were appealing an order issued by the judge on Friday that barred federal officers from arresting or tear-gassing peaceful demonstrators and ​observers. The order was in response to a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department ‍of Homeland Security and other federal agencies on December 17, three weeks before an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis.

The Trump administration said on Saturday it was appealing a ruling by a federal judge that ‌put limits on tactics employed by U.S. immigration agents operating in Minneapolis. In a brief filing, lawyers for the ⁠Department of Justice told the court they were appealing an order issued by the judge on Friday that barred federal officers from arresting or tear-gassing peaceful demonstrators and ​observers.

The order was in response to a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department ‍of Homeland Security and other federal agencies on December 17, three weeks before an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. The shooting spawned waves of protests. The ⁠Trump ‌administration has sent ⁠thousands of immigration agents to the Minneapolis area in recent weeks as part of a campaign to ‍ramp up deportations of people in the country without authorization.

Tensions over the deployment have ​mounted considerably since an ICE agent fatally shot Good. The court case was ⁠brought on behalf of six protesters and observers who claimed their constitutional rights had been infringed by ⁠the actions of ICE agents.

The order explicitly prohibits federal officers from detaining people who are peacefully protesting or merely observing the officers, unless there ⁠is reasonable suspicion that they are interfering with law enforcement or have committed a crime. Federal ⁠agents also are ‌banned from using pepper spray, tear gas or other crowd-control munitions against peaceful demonstrators or bystanders observing and recording the immigration ⁠enforcement operations.

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