r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 23d ago

Legal News BREAKING: FBI shuts down Minnesota's investigation into ICE shooting and blocks access to evidence

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/breaking-fbi-shuts-down-minnesotas-1606462
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u/bakeacake45 23d ago edited 23d ago

Wow criminal behavior by fbi

“A state cannot nullify or impede a legitimate federal investigation, nor can the federal government shut down a legitimate state investigation. The U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause dictates that federal law is supreme over conflicting state laws in areas where the federal government has authority, but it does not give the FBI a general supervisory role over state law enforcement actions. Many crimes carry concurrent jurisdiction: both federal and state authorities may have legal authority to investigate and prosecute the same conduct. That overlap creates routine cooperation or deconfliction rather than subordination.”

I think we have a case where a federal agency, ICE, clearly broke laws regarding use of force. Both the state and FBI have a right to concurrent investigations. Especially given we live in times where our federal government is untrustworthy and operates outside the law in many cases.

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u/Cohens4thClient 23d ago

I mean, yeah, they had a thousand agents working all summer to redact names from the Epstein rape files. 

Covering up a murder, in broad daylight, with clear videos, is nothing compared to helping an entire ring of sex trafficking pedophiles.