Anger in Minneapolis after second shootingAP, MINNEAPOLIS, MinnesotaA federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle, further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told a news conference that the gathering was an unlawful assembly and “people need to leave.”A protester attempts to protect themselves as federal agents fire munitions and pepper balls during protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, after federal law enforcement agents were involved in a shooting incident. Photo: ReutersThings later began to quiet down at the scene, and by early yesterday fewer demonstrators and law enforcement officers were there. In a statement describing the events that led to Wednesday’s shooting, DHS said federal law enforcement officers stopped a person from Venezuela who was in the US illegally. Local leaders say the government is violating free speech and other constitutional rights with the surge of law enforcement.
