Federal police fired tear gas and sprayed eye irritants on protestors Tuesday in another day of conflicts in Minneapolis, even as students miles away left a suburban school in a walkout to protest the assertive immigration roundups by the Trump administration.

In the meantime, the ripple effect of the deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by one of the immigration officials was also felt by the local office of the U.S. Attorney: at least five prosecutors have already resigned, as people close to the case have been made privy to.

As a separate issue, a Justice Department official said Wednesday, “there are no grounds to investigate a criminal civil rights case. Renee Good is a victim whose death is under investigation by the FBI.”

A conflict between the federal agents and the residents is still on the boil after six days since Good was shot in the head as she drove away in her Honda Pilot. In one of the scenes, the gas clouds covered a Minneapolis street close to her death location. One man rubbed snow into his eyes, screaming at being assisted, as Jeep-driving agents sprayed an orange irritant up and fled.

It is a normal thing that people start to boo, taunt and blow an orange whistle when they see heavily armed immigration agents in unmarked cars or walking in the streets; that is a part of the grassroots campaign to alert the neighbourhood and remind the government that their eyes are on them.

Brita Anderson, a neighbour who came to assist neighbours, replied that she was indignant to see agents in tactical outfits and gas masks, and asked where they were going.

Anderson said, “it seemed like the only purpose they brought them to this place was to harass people.”

The immigration enforcement activity has seen students across all areas of the country, and in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, students walked out of school to protest.

Later, a vast crowd was outside a hotel in Minneapolis, banging drums and blowing whistles with the police, with helmets and batons, guarding the door immediately inside. In the meantime, demonstrations broke out between demonstrators and the police officers who were standing in defence of the federal structure that served as the centre of activity in the crackdown on the Twin Cities.

The impact of the death of Good is felt.

Other recent exits in the U.S. Attorney’s office include First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, who was charged with leading the massive prosecution of fraud schemes against the people in the state on a national scale, and this was according to individuals who spoke to the Associated Press on the basis of anonymity to comment on personnel issues.

As the Department of Homeland Security has promised to deploy over 2,000 immigration officers into Minnesota, the state, along with Minneapolis and St. Paul, filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday to stop or restrict the influx.

The case alleges that Homeland Security is personally infringing the First Amendment and other constitutional rights through its targeting of one of the progressive states that prefer the Democratic Party and accept immigrants.

“What we are witnessing is thousands and thousands and thousands of federal agents entering our city. And, say, they are making an enormous change to everyday life,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said.

On Wednesday, a status conference was set by a judge.

Homeland security says it has already arrested over 2,000 persons in the state since the beginning of December, and it is not going to relent. Tricia McLaughlin, the spokesperson, in response to the suit, claimed that Minnesota officials are neglecting the safety of the people.

ICE tactics on the docket

In a separate case, one judge indicated that she would decide by Thursday or Friday on a bid to limit the use of force, including chemical irritants, on individuals who are watching and recording the actions of the agents. The government lawyers claimed that officers have to defend themselves.

The Trump administration has been on the defensive side, supporting the immigration agent who shot Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, claiming that he had been in self-defence. That has been generally scolded by Frey, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other people on the basis of videos of the confrontation.

The state and local authorities are also calling on the public to submit video and other evidence as they attempt to investigate the death of Good independently. The federal authorities demanded that they address it individually and not share any information.

The Lt. Gov. of Wisconsin, Sara Rodriguez, has been trying to have the state prohibit civil immigration enforcement in areas of the state such as the courts, hospitals, health clinics, schools and churches, among others. She is also hoping to replace Gov. Tony Evers, a fellow Democrat, who does not seek a third term.

“We are welcome to have a peep at that, but I believe we will only cause our folks in Washington, D.C., to step it up, banning things that way,” Evers said, in referring to the Trump administration. They do not even approach it in the right way.