QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our office has jurisdiction to review this matter for potential criminal conduct by the federal agents involved and we will do so,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
The DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent late tonight. A hearing is scheduled on the matter for Monday in Minnesota federal court."
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STORY: "Judge orders Trump administration officials to preserve evidence from shooting," published by NBC News (Reporters Gary Grumbach and Dennis Romero) on January 24, 2026.
GIST: "A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the Trump administration from "destroying or altering evidence" related to today's fatal shooting of Pretti.
The ruling comes after Minnesota state officials filed a lawsuit in Minnesota’s U.S. District Court against officials with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies seeking a temporary restraining order that would prohibit federal officials from destroying evidence.
Judge Eric Tostrud's order includes any "evidence that Defendants and those working on their behalf removed from the scene and/or evidence that Defendants have taken into their exclusive custody," it states.
The suit, filed by the state attorney general, includes the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as plaintiffs and names among its defendants the leadership of several federal agencies, including the DHS.
The lawsuit alleges evidence was taken from the scene of today’s shooting, and it argues “Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm to their ability to investigate and enforce state criminal laws and protect the people of Minnesota” unless relief is granted.
“Our office has jurisdiction to review this matter for potential criminal conduct by the federal agents involved and we will do so,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
The DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent late tonight.
A hearing is scheduled on the matter for Monday in Minnesota federal court.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minneapolis-immigration-shooting-rcna255737
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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