Stafire 00. .31 "I have discovered the article I read clearly misquoted the judge being a state judge. However, still, the order means nothing if the protesters are not protesting peacefully and are obstructing"
Thanks for explaining you read a mis quoted articles and that formed your opinion. However the link on Gransnet told us on the first page of the court document that this was a Federal case in a Federal Court and the defendants were Federal organisations and federal officers including ICE.
Therefore ICE officers in Minnesota must comply with the order, act within the law and can be sued as non compliant with this order if not. They need to secure evidence to prove they are acting within the law in cases where protestors may take legal action against DHS / any individual ICE officer to defend their actions therefore.
For example- in this case the defence put forward by the Dept Homeland Security/ICE was that ICE officers: stopped/arrested/pepper sprayed / pointed firearms at etc the various protesters because they were "protesting violently" and the officers had a reasonable suspicion that they had "probable cause" to do so under 18 USC section 111 as it is a crime to "forcibly assault, resist, impede or intimidate or interfere with a Federal Officer engaged in the performance of their duties".
However ICE provided no evidence to support their allegations against the protesters. There was no evidence put forward that they were protesting violently within the definition of the law. The judge found the ICE officers allegations were contradicted by evidence available including video evidence. There was no evidence that any officers had been "forcibly assaulted, intimidated, interfered with etc" by the protestors
Regarding Renee Good's fatal shooting, I have seen no evidence that she "forcibly assaulted, interfered with, intimidated" etc ICE officers such that they had a reasonable belief that she was committing a crime under 18 USC section 111 law, such that it was reasonable to shoot her directly at close range.
The investigation report, if made available to the public, will prove interesting reading.
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