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Emily Witt

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
282 total appearances

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

No.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

I mean, I think one thing is Minneapolis saw how its anger at what happened to George Floyd was turned against it in the national political narrative.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

And I think there's a sense they're not going to play...

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

Into any narrative that and they're being called domestic terrorists and agitators and professionals, all this stuff.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

And they're refusing to present themselves that way.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

They you know, I really haven't seen exceptions to that when I'm out in the streets.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

Yeah.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

Right.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

Maybe that's also where some of the confusion comes in.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

Yeah.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

It was sort of remarkable, actually.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

I was sitting in his office at the police, at City Hall, and to hear a police chief speak so critically, and in such a detailed way, too,

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

about fellow law enforcement.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

You know, even though they're different agencies and they're kind of on opposite sides of this conflict, I'd never quite heard somebody be that critical law enforcement to law enforcement, right?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

I thought that was kind of remarkable.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

And there is tension.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

There's confusion among the police about what...

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

these agents are trying to accomplish.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

I think in that clip that we just heard, Brian O'Hara was, you know, specifically referencing that incident, but he was breaking it down sort of like movement by movement.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump

Like, you know, now you see one agent doing this and then they bring out knives.