Day 513
June 16, 2026
1 incident
- Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Civil Rights
DOJ Charges 15 Anti-ICE Protesters with Felony Conspiracy in Minneapolis
On June 16-17, 2026, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota announced felony conspiracy, assault-on-a-federal-officer, interstate stalking, solicitation-of-violence, and destruction-of-government-property charges against 15 people linked to 'Direct Action Minnesota,' tied to protests against Operation Metro Surge. Defense attorneys call the felony charges prosecutorial overreach, noting roughly half of similar prior cases nationally have been dismissed. Two days later, Human Rights Watch published a report concluding the operation the defendants were protesting had itself involved unlawful killings, unlawful detentions, and racial profiling.