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Minnesota Star Tribune: We talked to 5 use-of-force experts. This is what they say about the Minneapolis ICE shooting

Bryna Godar 01.08.26

“'States can prosecute federal officers for violating state criminal laws, and they have a long history of doing that,' said Bryna Godar, staff attorney at the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. 'Federal officers do have immunity in some circumstances, but that protection only applies if federal officers are reasonably acting and carrying out lawful federal duty. '”