LEMON DROP | ICE COLD JUSTICE: The Law That Could Stop ICE & MAGA!
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What accountability is being demanded for federal ICE operations in Minnesota?
The people of Minnesota are calling for accountability as it relates to what's happening with ICE on their streets. Eliza Derris is joining us. He is a local civic activist. And, Eliza, thank you for joining us. You're calling for the investigative tools, the investigative mechanism to be taken out of the hands of the federal government, correct? And this is something that's new and novel, or is it?
Well, we've been called for that. What I'm calling for specifically is for our governor to remove the local authority with our county attorneys and for the governor to then give the power over to the attorney general's office to singularly in a centralized manner. investigate and make a charge of decisions on the various assaults and even homicides that have happened at the hands of the federal government here in Minnesota due to the so-called Operation Metro Search. So we're specifically calling for the governor to invoke his powers to authorize the attorney general to take over the investigations.
This is what you said. You posted this. Minnesota has a mechanism to ensure accountability when federal agents use force against our residents. It should be used. It is time. Minnesotans have been shot, beaten, and detained on their own streets by federal agents.
How would Minnesota Statute 8.01 let the governor shift prosecutorial power to the Attorney General?
Two of our community members were killed at point blank range in broad daylight. When the use of force crosses county lines accountability cannot stop at the county line the level of harm and violence we have experienced cannot continue to be investigated county by county with no coordination and no accountability and then you say under this is what you call this statute under minnesota statute 8.01 the governor can request in writing that the attorney general assume prosecution authority and ex and exercise the full powers of a county attorney In these cases, that authority should be invoked across Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, and Dakota counties. The law provides a mechanism. The governor should use it.
Accountability should not depend on which badge someone wears or which county the harm occurred in. So is that feasible, this statute 8.01, where that would be the attorney general would be Keith Ellison, where he would... where he would assume control of the investigation of all of these things as it relates to Minnesota?
yeah and many of these offices have already requested the Attorney General's office to assist in a secondary capacity to me that just it just doesn't seem practical in many of these seismic explosive. tragic situations that have occurred here in Minnesota we have asked the Attorney General's office to take over the prosecution, including. asking the Attorney General to take over the prosecution of the killers of George Floyd, of the killers of Daunte Wright, and others. We have specifically asked that the local county attorney's powers be removed and that those powers be shifted to the hands of the Attorney General, who did bring charges in each of those cases and who did get historic convictions.
In fact, the first ever convictions of anyone any officer ever convicted of killing a black person in the state of Minnesota. On several occasions, the attorney general's office have successfully prosecuted and gained convictions.
Why are activists calling for a centralized investigation of ICE-related killings like Renee Good and Alex Pretti?
So the office is equipped and adept and has a track record in, you know, grave matters like this of taking over local prosecutions and actually gaining convictions. And so I'm specifically calling for that statute to be invoked this time around and for the Attorney General to take over and to bring more of a centralized authority to the various investigations and potential prosecutions that are happening county by county. To me, that just doesn't seem to serve the community members of the state of Minnesota.
So what would that do then for the case of Renee Nicole Good or Alex Pretty or anyone who has had their rights violated by ICE or Homeland Security agents in Minnesota?
So the full power of the Attorney General's office will take lead and will be able to investigate and in a singular matter, make a charging decision for the death of Renee Good, for the death of Alec Freddie and for the assault and multiple shots.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What accountability is being demanded for federal ICE operations in Minnesota?
0:13–1:38
2
How would Minnesota Statute 8.01 let the governor shift prosecutorial power to the Attorney General?
1:38–3:45
3
Why are activists calling for a centralized investigation of ICE-related killings like Renee Good and Alex Pretti?
3:45–6:18
4
How would the Attorney General practically handle investigations and charges across multiple counties?
6:18–8:25
5
Can state prosecutions overcome federal secrecy and the supremacy clause in these ICE cases?
8:25–9:37
6
Has the governor been approached about invoking the statute and is there political appetite to act?
9:37–10:57
7
What precedent does the Attorney General’s past prosecutions (e.g., George Floyd case) set for pursuing federal-agent cases now?
10:57–11:59
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