Jacob Frey
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It was like the politics literally stopped at the water's edge where that bridge was going over the river.
And people say, you know, we're going to work together.
The shocking thing is that isn't happening here.
And this is a case, unlike the 35W bridge, where this was a federal agency that did the killing.
By the way, you know, their stated reason for coming in here is safety.
Thus far, this year in Minneapolis, there have been two shootings.
Two.
Two.
One of them was ICE.
So literally 50% of these gunshots that have been fired in Minneapolis have been ICE.
We are a safe city.
Crime is down dramatically.
They are driving it up.
I thought that I had a great deal of respect for Yale law grads, and I hope I still do in some cases.
But that is bizarre.
They don't have absolute immunity any more than city officials have absolute immunity.
They have qualified immunity.
That qualification necessitates that you're doing your job and doing what you're supposed to be doing under those circumstances.
I would hope that part of what these agents are supposed to do is not kill people and de-escalate tense situations.
This was the furthest thing from that.