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Democracy Now! 2026-01-27 Tuesday

Democracy Now! Video

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for January 27, 2026; “Feels Like a Cover-Up”: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Slams Trump Admin over Deadly ICE Crackdown; Can ICE Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Warrant? Inside Trump’s Attack on the 4th Amendment; From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: “Copaganda” Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing

Transcript

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:17.0

This is the single largest deployment of immigration officers in one place of one time.

0:26.1

In a state that does that is not even in the top of immigration, what justifies this disproportionate

0:34.1

flood?

0:36.0

Nothing legitimate, but the president has been clear. Retribution.

0:40.3

The state of Minnesota challenges the federal government in court over their historic

0:46.3

deployment of federal immigration agents in the state. We'll speak with Attorney General Keith Ellison.

0:53.3

And as the federal government refuses to

0:55.8

collaborate with local officials on the investigations into the killings of Renee Good and

1:02.5

Alex Preti, we'll talk to law professor Stephen Vladick on the question of accountability.

1:07.6

One of the things that the Minnesota shooting reveals is how hard it is to hold federal

1:12.7

officers accountable under federal law.

1:15.0

The question that we should be talking about is what are the options under state law,

1:18.5

both for civil suits, and if necessary, criminal prosecutions.

1:21.6

Then, copaganda, how police and the media manipulate our news.

1:26.6

We'll speak with author Alex Karakatsanas on the challenges of law enforcement reform

1:32.5

from policing to border patrol.

1:34.9

All that and more coming up.

1:40.7

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.

1:45.9

I'm Amy Goodman.

1:48.1

The Trump administration's removing Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino from Minnesota

1:53.6

after border agents beat and fatally shot Alex Preti, a 37-year-old VA ICU nurse on Saturday morning.

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