A federal appeals court blocked a lower judge’s ruling that restricted tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents when encountering protesters during immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a stay on a ruling that prohibited officers from “arresting, detaining, pepper-spraying or retaliating against protesters in Minneapolis without probable cause,” Fox News reports.
“We accessed and viewed the same videos the district court did,” the appeals court stated, according to the outlet.
“What they show is observers and protesters engaging in a wide range of conduct, some of it peaceful but much of it not. They also show federal agents responding in various ways,” it continued.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued the prior ruling.
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