"A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what officials have called federal misinformation after immigration agents fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, deepening an unprecedented divide, experts said Monday. Minnesota also went to court to preserve evidence from the Saturday shooting of Alex Pretti after its own investigators were blocked from the scene by federal authorities."
"But they also said the state's hand has been forced by an administration that has acted against decades of practice - from declining to allow state officials access to evidence gathered by federal authorities to barring its own Civil Rights division from probing the shootings of Pretti and Renee Good, who was shot to death by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Jan. 7."
Minnesota launched a public website and pursued legal measures after federal immigration agents fatally shot two residents and state investigators were denied access to scenes. The site presents examples and videos intended to counter federal claims and to document instances where state officials honored federal custody requests. State officials contend federal actions represent a break from decades of cooperation, including refusals to share evidence and to allow state civil rights probes into the shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Former federal prosecutors called the dispute troubling, while a call between the governor and the president suggested possible movement toward resolution.
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