Federal Agents Kill Man at Point-Blank Range in Minneapolis as Protests Are Met with Tear Gas: Fascism Unfolds in Real Time

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By Joshua Scheer

GRAPHIC IMAGES: Exclusive footage obtained by BreakThrough News shows federal Customs and Border Protection officers on Nicollet Ave. pinning a man to the ground before one officer draws a handgun and fires multiple rounds at point‑blank range.

Witnesses report that immediately after the shooting, CBP agents walked down the block recording bystanders.

At this time, there is no confirmed information about what preceded the encounter, the identity of the man who was shot, or his condition. FBI agents and emergency medical personnel are currently on the scene.

This footage is being shared not for shock value, but to document the actions of federal officers and their murdorues inetent and an attempt to stop them from killing us all.

Update the man has passed on killed by ICE

This is the third shooting involving federal agents since the January 7 murder of Renee Good.

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From the scene now: the federal government is gassing protesters.

BREAKING: State police have fired tear gas at the impromptu protest that has gathered at the scene of the CBP shooting earlier this morning. pic.twitter.com/QcYBfzb0ej
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 24, 2026

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: “Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I’m 70 years old and I’m fuckin’ angry!”

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A DHS spokesperson said, “Suspect had a firearm with 2 magazines situation evolving. Will get you more information ASAP.”

Walz said he spoke to the White House.

“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” he said in a post on X. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 24, 2026

This slide into fascism is happening in real time. With this and after the federal government has made clear it will investigate not the agents who shoot, but the people who step in to defend their fellow citizens, we’re seeing even more erosion of public trust in federal institutions. With many leaving as a result. Today An FBI supervisor in the Minneapolis field office has resigned in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on January 7, igniting outrage and deepening mistrust in federal law-enforcement accountability.

According to multiple reports, Tracee Mergen, a supervisor with the FBI’s Public Corruption Squad, stepped down after senior officials in Washington pressured her to abandon a civil rights inquiry into ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s actions and instead reframe the probe around Good and her partner—actions that critics say shield the killer and vilify the victim.

The resignations follow a broader backlash inside the DOJ: six federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota also quit after the department made clear it would not pursue a civil rights case against Ross and directed scrutiny toward Good’s partner rather than the officer who fired the fatal shots.

The decision has fueled protests and renewed demands for transparency, as critics warn that the Trump Justice Department is politicizing the rule of law and dismantling even the most basic norms for investigating killings by law enforcement. What is unfolding is not subtle or abstract—it is the machinery of authoritarianism asserting itself in real time.

This is Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar responding to the resignations. But the question remains: should officials leave in protest, or stay and fight from within? What happens when those who resign are replaced not by public servants, but by an even narrower cadre of enforcers—officials whose primary allegiance is not to the law, but to the president?

Multiple people in Minnesota federal law enforcement/prosecutors’ agencies have now resigned rather than do this administration’s bidding. They took an oath to uphold the law. Ours is a nation of laws and not kings.

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting…
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 24, 2026

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has insisted that accountability should come through elections and the courts, but when the federal Justice Department is directing investigations, blocking state participation, and declining to pursue a civil-rights probe into the ICE agent who shot Renee Good, many are rightly asking what’s left of those institutions as checks on power. Especially when the conscious choose to leave rather than obey the regime.

What we wrote about a large general strike yesterday reflects a growing appetite for daily action—not just occasional protest—but relying on the existing structures to deliver justice feels increasingly uncertain. I didn’t want to clutter this with a different but related story about ICE, so I’ll be writing about the surveillance system ICE is now employing, using our phones as weapons against us. So stay tuned. Taken together, these developments make clear that the struggle over filming ICE is no longer just about civil liberties at the margins—it is about who gets to see, record, and challenge state power at all. When the act of documenting a federal agent can land you in an intelligence database, flagged as a “domestic terrorist,” the line between accountability and repression has already been crossed. This is not a hypothetical future but a system being built now, in real time, on city streets and through the devices in our pockets. Understanding how this surveillance architecture works—and how it is already being deployed against ordinary people—is no longer optional. It is a prerequisite for witnessing safely, resisting effectively, and grasping the full stakes of what is unfolding. Read on..

“Snapshots from the strike — photos of the crowd and an interview on why people showed up.”

"We need to shut it all down, because they are coming for your city next"

A Minneapolis public school teacher explains why he joined today's general strike. pic.twitter.com/TGLDhRjVE8
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 23, 2026

Thousands and thousands of people have poured into the streets for Minnesota general strike demanding ICE out of their state.

Footage via @BTnewsroom. pic.twitter.com/2xhBGgSA2Z
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) January 23, 2026