Public Safety and Use of Force

A nationwide crackdown that sent thousands of DHS agents into Minneapolis and other cities — and that produced multiple controversial use‑of‑force incidents, including the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good and a second deadly federal shooting in the Twin Cities plus a Border Patrol shooting in Portland — has sparked large protests, lawsuits and resignations at DOJ, prompted threats to invoke the Insurrection Act and put troops on standby. Against that fraught backdrop, Democrats won two Minnesota special‑house races, tying the state House at 67–67.