Amazon has dropped plans to partner its Ring doorbell cameras with the police surveillance tech company Flock Safety, the companies said Thursday, days after Amazon aired a controversial ad for Ring that some viewed as depicting the technology as a threat to privacy.
Read more via NBC News: Amazon no longer working with controversial police tech company after backlash over Ring doorbell Super Bowl ad
Tom Homan imitates Trump when he claims to have “made a deal” with local officials rather than admit that he has lost the battle for Minnesota and is in retreat.
Read more via Bring Me the News: No policy changes from Minneapolis, Hennepin County as ICE depart
“As reported by The Latin Times last month, authorities from Florida to Utah have tried to purchase properties that could be converted into detention centers capable of housing thousands of people. But while Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security have already managed to acquire several properties, in some places they have encountered strong resistance from communities, local officials and even property owners who have refused to sell, among other efforts” to block the construction of new detention centers in their areas.”
Read more via the Latin Times: Trump Administration Push to Expand ICE Detention Centers Faces Resistance From Local Lawmakers and Communities
Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have moved to drop felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government’s version of events.
Read more via PBS News: Prosecutors to dismiss charges against men accused of assaulting ICE officer in Minneapolis
A video caught a woman allegedly attempting to start a fire at a South Kansas City industrial property that was widely speculated to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.
Read more via AOL: Property Owner Will Not Sell Building Rumored As Possible ICE Facility After Woman Allegedly Tries To Set It Ablaze
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return to the U.S. of a group of Venezuelan migrants who were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador last year under the Alien Enemies Act and accused of being members of the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua.
Read more from NPR: Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders.
Read more at The Hill: Judge blocks Hegseth, Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
It remains to be seen whether DHS is actually leaving Minnesota or simply rebranding the operation in an attempt to stall the momentum of activists both in and out of the state.
News sources:
AP: Border czar says Minnesota immigration crackdown is over, after angry protests and 2 fatal shootings
Minnesota Star Tribune: Border czar Tom Homan: Minnesota ICE surge to end
Six House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to pass a resolution to repeal President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a blow to both President Trump and House GOP leadership.
Read more from The Hill: 6 Republicans join Democrats to rebuke tariffs on Canada in blow to Trump
A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Los Angeles protester who was accused of assaulting an officer with a cloth hat, with an order saying the government acted in “bad faith”. The man had spent six months in jail awaiting trial.
Read more at The Guardian: Judge throws out case against LA protester accused of assaulting officer with a cloth hat
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