Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 19
12 Homeland Security Officers Raid Cameron Kennedy's Minneapolis Apartment
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 19

12 Homeland Security Officers Raid Cameron Kennedy's Minneapolis Apartment

2 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 19

Summary

  • A dozen Homeland Security officers in tactical gear arrived at Cameron Kennedy’s Minneapolis apartment Tuesday morning with guns drawn, after neighbors blew whistles and banged on his door.
  • Kennedy said he realized agents were outside before looking through his front window, which was partly blocked by a sign reading “Ice out of Minneapolis.”
  • The apartment stairwell filled with armed officers up to his doormat, which read “Come back with a warrant,” underscoring the confrontation at the center of the report.
  • The raid comes as activists indicted in an alleged “antifa” plot argue the charges are energizing, rather than suppressing, their protest campaign.

Insights

Can large-scale federal arrests inadvertently fuel the very protest movements they aim to suppress?
As federal powers expand in cities, what rights do local governments have to refuse cooperation?
When digital messages are used as evidence, where does protected speech end and criminal conspiracy begin?