New video contradicts ICE's original story about North Minneapolis shooting

Newly released video contradicts federal claims that two Venezuelan immigrants assaulted an ICE agent with a snow shovel before an agent shot one of them during Operation Metro Surge in North Minneapolis. The footage, first published by The New York Times, shows Julio Sosa-Celis flinging a shovel into the snow and retreating before a scuffle outside his home on January 14. This raises questions about why federal officials took weeks to drop criminal charges against Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Aljorna, despite having access to the video "within hours of the shooting." Prosecutors dropped charges against the men a month later after Department of Homeland Security officials admitted the video showed two ICE agents' sworn testimony was "untruthful." The agents were placed on administrative leave and could face criminal perjury charges, while Aljorna and Sosa-Celis had their temporary protected status revoked last year by President Trump.