While other agents helped restrain Pretti on a Minneapolis street and seized a handgun from his waistband, video shows these agents significantly escalated the confrontation — first by pepper spraying and striking Pretti repeatedly in the face and on the head, and then by drawing their weapons and firing at him, even after he was on the ground, unarmed.

Recent Supreme Court and appeals court decisions have reversed early wins by opponents of the administration’s immigration drives in California, Chicago, and Minnesota.

On Monday, a federal appeals panel halted a Minneapolis judge’s order restricting how agents respond to peaceful protests against Operation Metro Surge. The controversial operation has sparked fierce opposition in the Twin Cities and led to two fatal shootings by federal officers.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called Judge Katherine Menendez’s injunction overly broad and vague. Judges David Stras, appointed by Trump, and Bobby Shepherd, appointed by George W. Bush, voted to suspend her ruling.

The planned national day of protest, which saw students and teachers walking out of schools from Arizona to Georgia, came amid mixed messages from the Trump administration on the future of Operation Metro Surge, which has sent some 3,000 federal agents to the Minneapolis area in an immigration crackdown.

Maher, Wael’s primary caretaker, has been in federal detainment since October, separating him from his son as he battled severe health complications from a serious and rare inherited disorder.

But despite the family’s public pleas for Maher’s temporary release, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials denied their request, his attorney said.

Now the family is preparing to bury 30-year-old Wael without Maher. The son spent his life suffering from Pompe disease, which leads to severe muscle weakness and heart problems. he sadly passed away.