Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026. Ghaisar’s SUV then lurched forward slightly, and the officers shot ten rounds. As with the recent tragedies in Minneapolis, the response to Ghaisar’s death was contentious, with conflicting narratives that supported either allegations of excessive use of force or assertions that the exercise of law enforcement officers’ authority was justified. Government doesn’t earn public trust by avoiding hard questions or by leaving accountability up to internal reviews that are easily dismissed as self-serving, but by confronting difficult truths with integrity, transparency, and independence. And if Congress cannot agree on the need for an unbiased investigation in moments like this, then we are not merely risking a shutdown.