Updated June 18, 2026 Civil Rights
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DOJ Charges 15 Anti-ICE Protesters with Felony Conspiracy in Minneapolis
Federal prosecutors charged 15 people, including a Macalester College professor, with felony conspiracy and related charges for protesting Operation Metro Surge. Defense attorneys and a constitutional law scholar call the charges overreach; similar cases nationally have a roughly 50% dismissal rate. A Human Rights Watch report released two days later concluded the operation being protested involved unlawful killings and racial profiling.