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Tensions in Minneapolis escalated again Wednesday night as a federal agent shot and wounded a man during an arrest, an incident the Department of Homeland Security said followed a “violent assault” on an officer. The man was hit in the leg; unrest and confrontations with federal officers continued into the night. As word of the shooting spread, at least 200 protestors gathered near the scene. The shooting comes amid a larger federal immigration surge in the Twin Cities following the ICE‑involved fatal shooting of Renee Good, which has galvanized local protests and sharpened debate over use‑of‑force policies. The Trump administration has defended the deployment as necessary to cracking down on illegal immigration and rooting out fraud. Read on for more criminal law news. Six prosecutors resign. In the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Renee Good, six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned this week. The New York Times reports that the resignations follow the Justice Department’s push to investigate Renee Good’s widow, and the reluctance of the department to investigate the shooter. Among the resignations was Joseph H. Thompson, second in command at the U.S. Attorney’s office and the lead prosecutor on a sprawling fraud investigation that has attracted national attention. Brian O’Hara, the Minneapolis police chief, said in an interview that Thompson’s resignation dealt a serious blow to the efforts to combat fraud, and noted that the fraud investigations were one of the cited reasons the Trump administration provided for its immigration crackdown in the state. Standard lowered for warrantless [...]