‘I was scared.’ Minneapolis anti-violence workers enter ‘trauma season’ still reeling from ICE shootings.

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The call came in on a cold January night. Someone had been shot in North Minneapolis. As they often do after shootings in their area, Connie Rhodes and her team of violence interrupters went to the scene to calm tensions, connect with residents, and prevent retaliation. 

As she drove with one of her colleagues to the scene on the Northside, Rhodes began getting messages that federal agents might be involved; the city was in the midst of a large-scale deployment of federal immigration agents that had already led t...