Fifteen people charged over alleged interference in Minnesota immigration crackdown

Prosecutors claim defendants were part of Minneapolis-based antifa' groups that violently oppose' law enforcement

Fifteen people in Minnesota were charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers over their response to a controversial and deadly immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year.

The US attorney for Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, and the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations for Minnesota, Michael McCarthy, announced the charges at a press conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday.