Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account

Video undermines ICE account of officer shooting a man in Minneapolis

<p>City released video of January shooting after charges against two Venezuelan men involved were dropped</p><p>The city of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> released a video Monday that undermined the initial <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</a> account of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/justice-department-moves-to-drop-charges-alfredo-alejandro-aljorna-julio-cesar-sosa-celis-ice-minnesota">a shooting</a> involving an agency officer and two Venezuelan men in January.</p><p>The video, from a city-owned security camera, captured federal officers chasing one of the men to his residence. Another Venezuelan man who lives there was shot during the confrontation, which eventually led to the suspensions of two federal officers involved in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the so-called Operation Metro...

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

<p>Newly released video contradicts federal claims that two Venezuelan immigrants assaulted an <a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/immigration" target="_blank">ICE</a> agent with a snow shovel before an agent shot one of them during <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/03/27/ice-metro-surge-random-stop-survey" target="_blank">Operation Metro Surge</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The footage raises questions about why it took federal officials weeks to back off from their original story about — and drop criminal charges against — the wounded Julio Sosa-Celis and his roommate, Alfredo Aljorna.</p><hr><ul><li>The New York Times, which was first to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-video.html" target="_blank">publish</a> the video, reported that authorities had access to the footage "within hours of the shooting."</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Minneapolis was on edge when the agents shot Sosa-Cel...

Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE is released after nearly three weeks of detention

<p>Tania Warner is fitted with ankle monitor and released along with seven-year-old daughter Ayla Luca after being deemed not a flight risk</p><p>A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter, who were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/canadian-mother-daughter-ice-detention">held for nearly three weeks</a> in a notorious detention center by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), were released on Thursday evening after posting a bond of $9,500.</p><p>Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Luca, originally from British Columbia, are both Canadian citizens. Warner moved to the US in 2021 when she married Edward Warner, a US citizen. “Very happy to have my family home … it’s been a whirlwind day,” said Edward Warner.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/canadian-ice-detention-mother-daughter-tania-warner-released">Continue reading...</a>

Hegseth lifts ban on service members carrying personal firearms on base

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases. “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves,” Hegseth said in a video posted on social platform X. Hegseth said his memo directs installation commanders…

Tiger Woods told police after car crash he was ‘talking to the president’

Police body camera video shows how golfer appeared to be astonished as he was handcuffed for failing sobriety test.

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