MADISON, Wis. — A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night to remove and unruly passenger, officials said. “United flight 2005 from Chicago to Minneapolis landed safely in Madison, Wisconsin to address a security concern with an unruly passenger,” an airlines spokesperson wrote in an email. Law enforcement officials … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said. Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. … Read more
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a man in the leg in north Minneapolis and then lying about the attack was arrested in Texas Friday morning, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. Christian Castro, 52, was charged on May 18 with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — In a city that often seems to be staggering from one crisis to the next, the sudden resignation of police Chief Brian O’Hara after a finding he likely interfered in a misconduct investigation has left Minneapolis searching again for a way forward. O’Hara was an outsider brought in with a mandate to reform … Read more
Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, who took over the department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he had interfered with an probe into his conduct. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Mayor Jacob Frey said he accepted O’Hara’s … Read more
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who was hired to oversee reforms in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, chose to resign rather than face disciplinary action for interfering with an investigation into his conduct, Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday. O’Hara, who led local police during the recent federal immigration crackdown in the city, was under … Read more
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara has resigned following an internal investigation into his conduct, the mayor announced Tuesday evening. “Everyone makes mistakes, including me, but what I can’t allow is a breach of trust,” Frey said in a press conference. “When you serve as chief of the Minneapolis Police Department, trust is not secondary to … Read more
Federal fraud charges were unsealed Wednesday against a Minnesota daycare owner who prosecutors allege tried to flee the country just two days after shutting the daycare center down. Federal prosecutors said Future Leaders Early Learning — a site sponsored by Feeding Our Future — pretended to feed children during the pandemic, but pocketed much of … Read more
Local prosecutors alleged the officer lied about being attacked before he fired shots through a door and hit an immigrant in the leg. Source link
Border czar Tom Homan acknowledged “things weren’t perfect” in the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, but highlighted his efforts to make changes after President Trump sent him to the city following the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti. “Things weren’t perfect. We addressed it. We fixed it,” Homan told CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez in an … Read more