Fight Against Federal Outreach (FAFO) looks to bring local prosecutors together and charge federal agents with crimes following killings in Minneapolis.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner joined a coalition of nine local prosecutors from across the country, forming the Project for the Fight Against Federal Outreach (Project FAFO), in an effort to hold federal officials and agents accountable for violating the law.
This is in response to the ongoing surge of federal agents with Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, which caused the recent deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
“No agency and no officer is above the law,” Krasner said in a statement. “When federal agents exceed their lawful authority, local prosecutors have both the power and the duty to act. The project exists to ensure that accountability is real, coordinated, and enforced through lawful institutions.”
The newly formed coalition includes Minnesota prosecutor Mary Moriarty, who is the District Attorney of Hennepin County, and it aims to share strategies and best practices among prosecutors, provide updates on efforts to rein in unlawful federal agents, and educate the public.
While speaking at a press conference outside of Philadelphia City Hall on Tuesday, Krasner promised city residents that he will protect their constitutional rights if a surge of ICE agents enters the city.
”This is a small bunch of wannabe nazis. That’s what they are, and a country of 350 million, we outnumber them,” Krasner said. “As long as we stick to our values, protect our rights, make it very clear that homicide is not okay just because you are a federal officer, if we do that, this will end differently.”
Krasner encouraged Philadelphians to exercise their rights while offering to keep them safe.
He added, “ I’m going to do everything in my power to protect your sacred constitutional rights. To do exactly this, to speak out, I am gonna protect your sacred constitutional right to use your cameras, your cell phones, your photography because the only way we know what these liars are doing is from what people are doing in the street.”
