District Attorney Mike Schmidt said doing so would “cause irreparable harm to them individually and to our society.”

Jackie Lacey, who faces a tight race for reelection in November, says her husband was acting out of fear for their lives.

Minneapolis police are looking for a white supremacist called “Umbrella Man” who destroyed property during protests in order to inflame racial tensions.

The suit comes just as six mayors ask Congress to pass legislation that would block the White House from deploying uninvited federal officers to their cities.

Wrote Nelson in an op-ed: “No American institution has perpetuated our racial hierarchy, racist attitudes, and myths that twist the truth of our history more than film and television.”