Two of the activists from the Minnesota 15 spoke to UR about the politically motivated federal conspiracy charges they're facing.
Trumpâs Crackdown on Dissent Comes for Minnesota Anti-ICE Organizers
Federal prosecutors charged 15 people with conspiracy, painting their political speech, protest activity, and alleged antifa ties as evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
New Federal Indictment on Minnesota 15 Peddles DOJ 'Antifa' Conspiracy Angle After Raids - UNICORN RIOT
A new federal indictment has charged 15 Minnesotans in an eight-count felony conspiracy for their activism during Operation Metro Surge.
The Trump administration is charging these Minneapolis protesters with conspiracy. Organizers wonât back down
âMinnesota 15â indicted after opposing ICE crackdown â just the latest attempt by Trump DoJ to criminalize resistance
The War on Terror Turns Left - UNICORN RIOT
Prairieland, TX â A sprawling court case from a protest at an immigration detention center could determine how the United States government deals with dissent. The charges originated from a protest at the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot. In a superseding indictment filed in [âŚ]
Government Says Terabytes of Signal Chats are Central to the Case Against Minnesota 15 - UNICORN RIOT
The Minnesota 15 case is about conversations, thousands of pages of it, harvested from encrypted group chats on Signal and loaded into an Everlaw database for prosecutors to build conspiracy charges against Trump's political opponents.
I Was At the LA Anti-ICE Protests - It Wasn't a Riot
Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota
DHS officers posed as concerned citizens, joining Signal groups and taking photos of community meetings
The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here
First came Prairieland. Now an indictment treats mutual aid and road-blocking as a criminal conspiracy
Right-leaning groups say MN 15 prosecution violates free speech of anti-ICE activists
Free speech and conservative legal groups are urging a federal judge to order prosecutors to release documents in the Minnesota activists conspiracy case that defendants say could reveal political targeting and First Amendment violations tied to a Trump administration directive.
The professor facing prison in âantifaâ case: âThey want to scare all who oppose ICEâ
Erik Davis is accused by the government of a âconspiracyâ to obstruct ICE â experts say itâs part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activistsâ lives
Caught In The Crackdown: As Arrests At Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
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âThis is injusticeâ: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
The Prairieland 19 Case Is a Test for Criminalizing Dissent
Nine members of the âPrairieland 19,â anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.
The movement to defend the Minneapolis 15
In a case with sweeping implications, supporters are fighting hard to defend the Minneapolis organizers singled out for resisting ICE.
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