https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/16\/ice-minneapolis-arrests-judge-protests-00735416?_bhlid=b376075801834ad0b250c6bc586df392cbc430ab&utm_campaign=the-smile-1-21&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=www.readthesmile.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Menendez\u2019s order bars Homeland Security and ICE officials involved in Operation Metro Surge from \u201cusing pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity.\u201d The judge also prohibited federal agents from stopping vehicles following them, as long as those vehicles are maintaining a safe and \u201cappropriate\u201d distance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe First Amendment protects speech and peaceful assembly \u2014 not rioting,\u201d DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. \u201cDHS is taking appropriate and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers and the public from dangerous rioters. We remind the public that rioting is dangerous \u2014 obstructing law enforcement is a federal crime and assaulting law enforcement is a felony.\u201d”<\/p>\n
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