This is a good start — the larger suit is now scheduled for a hearing shortly on a much broader preliminary injunction — as we mentioned earlier in the week.

But this one plainly prohibits the use of lethal force against people in their cars, or observers, unless they are trying to mow down ICE agents. It also prevents tear gas against protesters who are not violently assaulting federel agents. That’s enough for the moment. Here’s the 83 page federal court order, in full — and a bit:

…Some nonparty declarants have described disturbing conduct of agents during and after these stops, including: threatening to arrest and detain them despite knowing that they were citizens; threatening to break the driver’s windows; waiting for the witnesses outside their homes; following them to their homes or to an address where their vehicles are registered; and telling the witnesses that they know where they live. (Rudolph Leon Decl. ¶¶ 24–26; Jackson Decl. ¶ 8; Levy Decl. ¶ 12; Smith Decl. 2 ¶ 4; Kellermeyer Decl. ¶ 4.) Ms. Salm describes having her phone seized from her hands while recording agents; being choked by the collar of her shirt… and being threatened with “a fucking bullet in [her] skull.” (Salm Decl. ¶¶ 9–23.)….

Defendants have not provided declarations or other evidence regarding the circumstances of the stops of Plaintiffs Webb, Biestman, and Lee, nor have they provided evidence to refute the accounts provided by the nonparty witnesses who were stopped by immigration officers….

[Witness] Crenshaw entered the restaurant, he saw “two agents… violently slamming a young black man against the wall.” (Id. ¶ 4.) The man was “yelling in pain and saying that he was a U.S. citizen,” but the agents “didn’t seem to care” and “dragged [the man] outside,” even though he continued to tell them he is a citizen. (Id.) When Crenshaw and other observers followed the agents outside, one of the agents “slammed the door on [them]” and appeared to be “frustrated with [them] being there and filming them and telling them that what they were doing was wrong[.]” (Id. ¶ 5.) Once Crenshaw was outside the restaurant, he saw the agents “violently push the young man into the snow for no apparent reason” and “put him in handcuffs” and into a car with “black windows” and a Florida license plate….

This is not conduct befitting… American law enforcement — at all. Moreover, the stupidly evil DoJ “investigation” into Tim Walz and the Mayor of Minneapolis — is not worthy of any real comment. So… I won’t. It’s a dead letter. Onward.

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Trump is very unlikely to even try to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 up in Minneapolis. Certainly he knows that there is zero credibilty to the claim that local law enforcement is being prevented from keeping the peace, in any meaningful way.

And, in any event, the ICE DHS people he has deployed there have no statutory authority to work as a “mini National Guard“. And the Supremes told him just three weeks ago, that the real National Guard cannot lawfully be deployed in these situations.

In any event, the schedule will look like this, from here forward — in Minneapolis:

…The Court will treat the Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order as a Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and will handle it on an expedited basis. The Defendants must file a response to the Motion on or before January 19, 2026, by 6:00 CST. The Plaintiffs may file a reply memorandum on or before January 22, 2026, by 6:00 CST. The Court will determine when to hold a hearing and whether an evidentiary hearing is necessary following review of the Defendants position.

In addition, the Plaintiffs advised that they may seek expedited discovery regarding some of the matters at issue in this proceeding. The parties should meet and confer following January 19th to discuss this matter, and can approach the Court to address it after such a conference. The parties may also submit a Protective Order to enable the exchange of information.

Ordered by Judge Katherine M. Menendez….

Onward, resolutely — we will deal peacefully with these cretins under Greg Bovino’s command — and under Noem’s. I suppose he could try to call the US Army forward, but the Supremes have ruled that they cannot be so used (in Illinois at least) — and likely, near half of them might decide to disobey any such Hegseth order — on the authority of Scott Kelly having said that they have a duty to ignore unlawful / unconstitutional orders, under the Uniform Military Code of Justice.

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