I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles

A policing scholar and former FBI special agent lays out the established principles of policing and constitutional law that govern how federal immigration enforcement efforts should be carried out.

By: Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama; Institute for Humane Studies, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 1,519

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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By Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama; Institute for Humane Studies

The Trump administration says federal agents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution in Minneapolis. Department of Justice and Homeland Security officials have indicated that criminal investigations into the killings by immigration agents of Minneapolis protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti are inappropriate, declaring that both were domestic terrorists.

The killing of Good and Pretti raises legal, tactical and policy questions regarding law …

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