Federal judges have now dismissed at least 19 cases against Minnesotans who were accused of assaulting federal agents during Operation Metro Surge.
Twenty-five-year-old Christina Rank is among the latest to learn that they are no longer required to plead their innocence in court. The Inver Grove Heights school employee was detained in her school’s parking lot on Jan. 12 after there was a collision between an ICE vehicle and her car.
In a sworn affidavit, HSI Special Agent Richard Berger states that Rank caused that collision, which later earned Rank an assault charge. She said in the moment, she was confused, because the opposite had happened…